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The moment you have all been waiting for.

The front page of the Daily Telegraph, best cover of the day.

A great white shark jumps from the water right behind a surfer.

And it happened off the coast of New South Wales at Caves Beach.

And surfer Daniel Caven and the man who captured that Extraordinary photograph, Nathan McLaren, joins us now.

Were you aware that there was a shark so close to you when you were out there surfing?

We were completely oblivious until everyone started trying to get us in.

And until we got the photo, we didn't even believe it was out there.

So a little bit scary, but they're paddling back out for more, mate.

Hey, Nathan, apart from, like, Byron on a Friday night, have you ever seen a shark fly?

Had the pleasant experience, but I've seen a few other animals fly.

I normally do see a couple of them on the weekend.

I just love the north coast of New South Wa.

So, Nathan, when you were taking the photographs, did you know there was a shark there?

Were you trying to capture that or were you just concentrating on Daniel surfing the big waves?

Yeah, we're just out there taking a couple of photos of the guys and about half an hour before that, we thought we'd seen something and we weren't 100% sure.

And then, yeah, probably half an hour later, we had the pleasant, pleasant side of seeing it fly through the air.

Because it looks like you're a fair distance away in the photo from the shark, but

you had been paddling in that very spot earlier, hadn't you?

Yeah, it's hard to tell from the photo, but

the boys reckoned I was kind of sitting exactly where the shark came up through the water.

So, like, if I hadn't caught that wave, maybe it would have been, you know, in a couple of meters of me sort of thing, which is pretty scary.

But, yeah, luckily I caught the wave, so that's all right.

Now, Nath, you certainly made a point that everyone.

You made a point that everyone knew you took the photo.

That is about 32 font that copyright there in the middle of the.

Mate, to be honest, that was the Friends of the Telegraph.

My name's there, mate, I'm stoked you're gonna pay for your weekend.

Hey, hey, hey, Nathan, did you let Daniel know this is the important question.

Because if I was out there and Timmy, if I was at the back and Timmy was taking photos of me and something dangerous was approaching me from behind, Timmy would definitely ring me and go, carlos, there's something dangerous approaching you from behind.

Did you get in contact with your bro out there riding the waves?

We started tooting the horn of the car and I actually took off one of the red trusty flannelette shirts and put it on the end of a crutch and started waving it through the air just to let him know.

Yeah, but clearly after you took the photograph.

Yeah, Daniel, just to change tact a little bit.

Do they call you the Red Dragon or Puff the Magic Dragon?

I don't know where that would come from, but.

I mean, it looks like a beautiful day there today.

Yeah, well, we're pretty full on at the moment with you guys, so maybe afterwards we might get a couple of waves.

Are you nervous about going back in the water, given what's out there?

I mean, the one positive I take out of, I didn't even see the shark.

If the boys weren't there taking photos, I wouldn't have even known it was there.

Anyway, you're fully sick internationally.

And Nathan, I look forward to catching up with you on Friday night, bro.

I'm looking forward to it too, big fella.

Enjoy that dandelion soy chai that you're drinking.