Divers have captured amazing footage of a huge basking shark

Divers have captured amazing footage of a huge basking shark swimming off the coast of a tiny Scottish island. The unbelievable video was taken using an underwater camera by divers on a kayaking excursion to St Kilda in the Outer Hebrides. During the footage, one woman is seen swimming up to the eight-metre long shark as it circled the waters off the coast of Hirta -- the largest island in the St Kilda island chain. The shark was spotted from the deck of a chartered tall ship the holidaymakers were aboard the Lady of Avenel, on July 11, and lingered in the area for four hours.