A Sand Tiger shark surveys the scene at the shark tunnel at Kelly Tarlton's in Auckland. Photo / Richard Robinson Sea Life Kelly Tarlton's
A Sand Tiger shark surveys the scene at the shark tunnel at Kelly Tarlton's in Auckland. Photo / Richard Robinson Sea Life Kelly Tarlton's
Drone footage has captured the scary moment a huge shark came within metres of an unaware swimmer at a popular Western Australian beach.
The tiger shark, nicknamed Trevor, approached the woman twice while she stood in shallow water at Mullaloo Beach, in Perth’s northern suburbs, at about midday on Monday.
Footage showed the 2.5m animal passing the woman with only about 2m to spare before circling around and making a beeline for her.
Just as it swam past for the second time, the woman caught on to the danger she was in and made a swift exit from the water.
In footage shared to photographer Sunrise Searcher’s Instagram page, it appeared she alerted her partner and child who were in the water nearby.
Responding to footage of a different shark shared by the Instagram page Wanderlust Flyer, one viewer suggested the drone may distract swimmers from spotting sharks on their own.
“Perhaps she would have seen the shark if not for the drone flying over her head attracting her attention,” they wrote.
The photographer responded saying she was actually trying to direct the swimmer’s attention towards the shark.
