An Auckland man couldn't believe it when a seal snatched the fish his father-in-law had just caught.
Hassan Tariq was on a fishing charter today when his father-in-law caught a snapper in the Hauraki Gulf, between Mission Bay and Rangitoto Island.
While Mr Tariq was getting a landing net to scoop the large fish out of the water, a seal swam up from under the boat and grabbed the snapper.
"I was so shocked. The skipper on our boat had been a skipper for 24 years and he said he'd never seen a seal in that area and he'd definitely never seen a seal eat a fish like that," Mr Tariq said.
"It was the most surreal thing I've ever seen."Everyone on the boat screamed with delight when they saw the seal, he said.