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Great white shark leaps into air just metres from tourist boat

A great white shark has leapt into the air just metres from a tourist boat off the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.

Calypso Charters tour guide Andrew Wright said he was pulling in a bait line on Thursday when the three-metre shark jumped out of the ocean near Port Lincoln.

"There was lots of cheering and excitement, so everyone was certainly impressed," Mr Wright said.

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A three-metre shark leaped into the air in waters off Port Lincoln in South Australia.

People in the shark cage below the water's surface also got an up-close view of the great white.

"It's good viewing from the boat but also in the cage. So, all in all, it was a good day," Mr Wright said.

He said the sight was a rare one.

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The Calaypso Charters tour guide Andrew Wright said the shark jumping so close to the boat was a rare sight.

"Seeing them jump out of the water like that, particularly at close range, is certainly not a normal occurrence."