GWS @ Monterey

Super cool encounter!

Why are we surprised or alarmed when a white shark (whether it was a “great” white shark and not just a regular white shark is arguable) is seen in its home?

We are the intruders.

I see this exact type of comment all the time on FB comment boards any time someone posts an encounter with a shark.
Nobody who fishes or spends time in the water is "surprised" that there are sharks in the ocean. And nobody is implying that the sharks are the intruders.

But seeing one is still a thrill, and always exciting, and definitely something to warn others of. I'd post pictures of a great white, too.

This. Same with people not wanting to call attacks attacks. Shark iCiDeNt. Uh huh...

I hear you. To me, I go with the categorization of such events as evaluated and/or described by the scientists who study sharks.

that's a cute lil shark lol

great pics , esp the dog looking on