Massive great white shark swims up to family boat

A family recorded the moment a four-metre great white shark swam up to their boat in Dunsborough, WA.

Warren Brown and his two children were on their 5.5-metre boat fishing two kilometres off Dunsborough Bay when they spotted the shark.

The shark came up to the motor of the boat and left a few bite marks.

“You wouldn't want to be on a smaller boat... at one point he actually came right up alongside the boat and there wasn't much difference between the boat and the shark,” Mr Brown said.

“We didn't stand on the side of the boat or anything, you certainly respected the size and the power of the shark.”

Two surfers were attacked on the same day this week near the Margaret River Pro, which led to the event being cancelled for the first time in its history.

“It's been quite a few sightings around now, I guess a combination of the whales and the salmon coming through and you've just got to be a little careful,” Mr Brown said.

“This is life down south, there's sharks in the water and you've just got to respect that.”