Huge shark spotted off coast of St Ives in Cornwall: Footage captures basking shark ‘longer than some boats’

A huge basking shark has been captured in camera off coast of St Ives in Cornwall with tourist claiming it was ‘longer than some of the boats’

By Will Millar

Published 24th Mar 2023, 08:39 BST

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A tourist has released footage of their encounter with a "huge" shark swimming around a harbour in UK waters. The astonished bystander claimed the ocean’s predator ‘was longer than some of the boats’.

Olga Bates, 46, was visiting St Ives in Cornwall with family when they saw the large sea beast near boats. The group spotted the shark at 6.26am on Wednesday (March 23) during high tide.