The Brief A juvenile great white shark was caught on video breaching just yards behind a surfer at Newport Beach, though neither the surfer nor the person filming noticed it until reviewing the footage later. A beachgoer captured a remarkable and rare moment when a great white shark launched itself out of the water just behind a surfer in Newport Beach. "We didn’t see the shark at first because my eyes were locked in on my brother-in-law," Stevenson shared. A beachgoer captured the rare moment that a shark leaped out of the water behind a surfer at California’s Newport Beach on Saturday, July 25. Shark encounters remain rare in CaliforniaDig deeper:While the footage appears alarming, experts emphasize that shark encounters with people remain uncommon in California.