Shark at Bondi Beach: Wild footage captures sharks lurking yards from two unsuspecting swimmers
Shark at Bondi Beach: Wild footage captures sharks lurking yards from two unsuspecting swimmers
- Shark paused during feeding rage
- Swimmers had no idea it was lurking underneath
Drone footage captured the extraordinary moment when a shark lurked in the middle of a feeding frenzy meters away from unsuspecting swimmers and a paddleboard rider.
The video shared by the DroneShark App depicts two swimmers heading for a large school of salmon during their Saturday morning swim at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach.
They casually swim past the mass of fish as a gray nurse shark named ‘Norm’ suddenly emerges from the bait ball.
The woman eventually notices the predator below just inches away from her.
Two Bondi swimmers got the shock of their lives when they realized what was lurking below
The terrified woman froze in horror for a moment before hurried over to her male swimmer companion and grabbed his hand.
The couple swims away hand in hand.
The DroneShark App The operator narrates the terrifying scenes and poses as the woman.
“I don’t know about this…wait for me,” he said
“Wait for me, it has sharks in it… Oh here it comes!”
‘Quick, let’s get out of here! What are you doing?’
Come on, get out of here quick!’ That was classic!’
The same video shows a paddleboard rider unaware that Norm is right below him.
“It’s about Norm’s paddling,” says the narrator.
“Norms doesn’t budge, as usual.”
The swimmers fled the scene hand in hand after the terrifying ordeal
This paddleboard rider had no idea Norm was lurking beneath him
The footage ends with the shark returning to the bait ball to continue its feeding frenzy.
Gray nurse sharks have a calm disposition and are generally considered harmless to humans.
The video elicited several reactions from stunned viewers.
Many hit the swimmers so close to the school of fish.
“This makes me angry about the lack of common sense of those people,” one viewer said furiously.
Viewers wondered why the swimmers were so close to the large school of fish
“If there had been an attack, the sharks would have been to blame again. They only do what they do in their environment. We have to respect that and stay out of the water until the bait ball and sharks have left and they should be glad they weren’t great whites instead of the labrador of the seas.
Another commented, “Dom does what stupid does. Swimming so close to schools of baitfish.’
Other viewers loved how the swimmers held hands as they fled the scene as quickly as possible.
“Bless the couple that swims and ends up holding hands. “If we go honey…. We go together. Also…..I just think that swimming WITH a bunch of bait fish.
Norm then goes back to the bait ball to continue his feeding frenzy