A fisherman probably wished this was the one that got away when a large mako shark repeatedly jumped out of the water near his small boat.

The man can be heard screaming in terror when the shark comes close to his vessel, off the coast of California.

He shouts instructions to leave the area as quickly as possible while the shark leaps up to four metres into the air.

"Go, go, go, get away from it," he screams as the boat speeds from the shark.