THIS is the second a surfer is headbutted by a flying shark in a jaw-dropping encounter in Florida.

Wild footage exhibits Darren Kaye calmly sitting on his board when a spinner shark explodes from the water in a twisting leap.

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The animal smashed straight into his head, knocking him clear off his board at New Smyrna Seashore.

The clip captured the fast-moving predator launching into the air like a missile – a signature transfer for spinner sharks throughout feeding frenzies.

After the terrifying hit, Kaye advised native outlet WFTV 9: “I used to be simply actually pleased its mouth wasn’t open.”

New Smyrna Seashore, northeast of Orlando, is notorious for shark sightings – and Kaye mentioned he had seen loads of fins slicing by means of the surf earlier than.

What he did not count on was an aerial ambush.

“I obtained proper again on that board and my pulse went to love 195 beats a minute in a second and I paddled as quick as I might out of the way in which,” he mentioned.

The influence, he added, was no joke: “I’ve a scar on the facet of my elbow from [being hit by a car] and that’s like what it felt like. It felt like getting hit by a automobile.

“It was actually robust and highly effective. They’re all muscle, you already know.”

Whereas spinner sharks aren’t usually aggressive, the seashore can be dwelling to black tip sharks – and the infamous bull shark, one of the harmful to people.

Nonetheless, the comb with Jaws did not scare Kaye off the waves.

“We surfed there the remainder of the weekend, we surfed there this morning, we surfed there yesterday afternoon,” the surfer mentioned.

“We all the time have waves. We’re fortunate.”

The video, which was additionally posted on Instagram, shortly lit up the feedback.

One person wrote: “That is wild!”

One other chimed in: “I obtained hit by one at inlet whereas up using a wave. Thought it broke my arm once I put it as much as block the influence.”

A 3rd added: “Had this occur to me at Navarre Pier.

“It hit my foot onerous on its approach out of the water and nonetheless landed subsequent to my board. Enjoyable second, stored browsing.”

And one other individual commented: “A few of them get fairly massive. Noticed a 4-5 footer hop out at the moment.”

With summer season heating up, so is shark season on the East Coast.

Earlier this month, a 9-year-old lady practically misplaced her hand in a extra typical shark assault in Florida, and days later, a beachgoer in South Carolina was airlifted to the hospital after being mauled close to Hilton Head Island.

However Kaye’s mid-air run-in proves you don’t even have to be within the water to have an in depth encounter with one of many ocean’s most fearsome predators.

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