Ghostly images of sharks lurking in shallow waters on a remote beach were shared just days before a swimmer was mauled by a predator.
The video, shared on TikTok, showed a shiver of sharks along the beach at Agnes Waters, north of Bundaberg in central Queensland, in early December.
Days later, a swimmer was attacked by a shark at Seventeen Seventy – just 15 minutes away – on Friday afternoon.
“Water is usually so blue but now the water is full of fish and sharks,” the video captioned.
The waters of Agnes are usually crystal clear and have become infested with sharks
“And if that wasn't bad enough, someone took out a drone to show that there are twenty more than the five you see from the coast.”
The video shows aerial drone footage of even more sharks lurking beneath the water's surface.
Paramedics were called to a beach off Sir Raphael Cilento Drive after reports of the shark attack on Friday.
The man in his twenties is said to have suffered serious bites to his leg in the attack.
He was transported to Bundaberg Hospital where he remains after surgery to save his foot.
Queensland Ambulance Service senior operations supervisor Martin Kelly described it as a “dangerous” time to swim.
“At that time of day, sharks are often in the water close to shore feeding,” he told the Courier mail.
Drone footage shows the extent of shark numbers in Agnes's waters
“One of the things that's happening, of course, is that the recent rainfall is increasing the runoff into the waterways, and that includes the environment around those areas.
“So that attracts sharks.”
The shark attack is the second in just eight days, with no shark safety measures currently in place on the beach.
A 21-year-old man was recently bitten by a 6-foot shark while swimming near Clack Island on the Cape York Peninsula on November 30.
He was taken to Cairns Hospital in a stable condition before being discharged.