Moment great white shark swims directly under fishing boat off Canada coast

Terrifying footage shows the moment a huge great white shark swam directly underneath a fishing boat off the coast of New Brunswick, Canada, last Thursday (20 July).

Andrew F Jones told CBC that the group first thought the creature was a tuna, but turned out to be something much bigger.

Footage shows the shark approaching the boat before swimming directly underneath with its jaw open.

Jones said the shark circled the boat around six or seven times while the engine was off.

“That was a once in a lifetime experience and we got him on video,” Jones wrote on Facebook.