A scuba diver had a shockingly close encounter with a shark who swam previous and ‘smiled’ at him.

Matt Earlier was once diving at South West Rock, on the mid north coast of new South Wales, when a gray Nurse Shark began to float prior him, the MailOnline experiences.

He captured the guts-stopping moment when the toothy predator swam in opposition to the diver.

The shark bared its razor sharp tooth at Mr Earlier, however the terrifying creature keeps swimming on in any other path.

Gray Nurse Sharks, that are thought to be to be an endangered species, are discovered mostly in the east and west coasts of Australia.

they are now not usually regarded as to be a risk to swimmers.

Gray Nurse Sharks aren’t recognized to be a threat to swimmers

It comes as a shark used to be filmed stalking swimmers simply metres clear of a Dubai beach.

The shark was captured within the sea and video footage displays a lifeguard beckoning an unsuspecting swimmer who was close to the beast.

The creature is seen swimming along the shoreline as onlookers stand at the seashore and a lifeguard calls swimmers out of the water.

apparently to move in opposition to a woman swimming on her own further out within the sea and the lifeguard attempts to alert her.

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