A scuba diver had a very close encounter with two sharks after surfacing to find his boat was nowhere to be seen.

Florida resident Randy Fales became separated from his boat while out diving and soon had two sharks circling him under the water.

The 68-year-old was stranded in the Atlantic Ocean for almost two hours, capturing the dramatic shark stand-off on camera.

Went 17 miles offshore today & the plan was for my dad to do a couple dives, then we would go trolling. We tossed out a marker on the reef & down my dad went. Thirty minutes quickly passed by & we were anticipating his arrival to the surface. Little did we know, the line to the marker snapped off on the reef, leaving the buoy floating...& we were following it. Long story short, we lost him & I had to radio out a distress call. But, our radio wasn't working. I finally got service & told @bobbyholsombach to call 911. Eventually, I got through to Coast Guard on the radio. Meanwhile, my dad was drifting 3 miles away from us & being circled by this bad boy. Fortunately, he got picked up by a nearby boat 2 hours later! Crazy day but so thankful that he was found ok! Boat safety is ???? #uscg

Una foto publicada por Carleigh Fales (@carleigherin) el 15 de May de 2016 a la(s) 1:17 PDT

He had drifted away from his boat after a line to the marker being used to track him by his family had become separated.

His relieved daughter posted a photo on Instagram with a caption explaining what happened: ?Went 17 miles offshore today and the plan was for my dad to do a couple dives, then we would go trolling.

?We tossed out a marker on the reef and down my dad went. Thirty minutes quickly passed by and we were anticipating his arrival to the surface.

?Little did we know, the line to the marker snapped off on the reef, leaving the buoy floating...and we were following it.?

Mr Fales told FOX 35 Orlando it was like being in a Hollywood film, adding that one of the sharks was ?six to eight foot? long.

?The longer I was on the surface, the bolder the shark became,? he said. ?I was happy to see the boat.?



An amateur photographer previously captured an amazing close-up of a great white shark.

While this rare Megamouth shark caught in Japan is absolutely terrifying.