Drone Footage Captures Harrowing Moment Surfer Shared the Beach With a Shark

Updated: 8:51 AM PDT, September 18, 2019

The surfer turned his board and headed to shore when he heard the alert.

This Australian surfer clearly didn’t intend to swim with the sharks.

Drone footage caught a surfer turn his board and make for the shore as a shadow of a shark lurked near him under the surface at Werri Beach in New South Wales.

The shark appeared to either be a bronze whaler or a young great white shark, according to the drone operator, who works with a volunteer search and rescue service.

They also estimated the shark to be about 9 1/2 to 13 feet long.

When the drone operator noticed the shark, an alert message warned swimmers to get out of the water, leading the surfer to turn around and head for land.

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