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Terrifying moment spear fisherman fends off shark attack off Bondi beach

2021-07-20 00:00:00.0 太阳报-世界新闻原网页

THIS is the terrifying moment a spear fisherman fends off a pack of angry sharks circling him off Bondi beach.

The diver came dangerously close to the ferocious predator who lunged at him during a bone-chilling 30-minute encounter.

The man, who's yet to be identified, used his spear gun to fend off the angry predator Credit: Kennedy News/@matt14757 4

The man went spear fishing near a group of fish which attracted the shark Credit: Kennedy News/@matt14757

In terrifying drone footage the predator, thought to be a mako shark, starts to lunge at the swimmer - after being attracted by his ball of fish bait.

The frightened fisherman is forced to prod at the beast with his spear gun to keep it away.

But the shark continues to bite at the diver's orange float and begins to thrash it about in the water.

Thankfully for the fisherman the terrifying encounter had been caught by drone operator Matt Woods, who was sitting on his balcony back on the popular beach in Sydney.

He called out for help and the shark eventually swam off after being startled by a lifeguard's jet ski.

Matt, 36, said: "I spotted the shark straight away as there was a big bait ball of fish and as I got closer I could see it was also circling the diver in the water.

"The diver was fending the shark off and poking it with his spear gun. The shark then went after his float that is attached to the diver. He was charging it and trying to bite it, thrashing it about.

"I was pretty concerned for the diver as the shark looked angry. The whole event lasted about 30 minutes until the shark was cleared out to sea by the lifeguard's jet ski."

The drone pilot said he has never seen anything quite like this before.

"We know there are sharks here all the time but nothing like this.

"I felt as if we helped as best we could. We got on the phone to the lifeguards straight away on my girlfriend's phone while I stayed over the shark on my drone the whole time so we could guide them in.

"I was pretty happy once the lifeguard came out and I could see the diver had managed to scramble onto the rocks and reef.

"First they cleared the water of surfers and swimmers. I went looking for the diver after trying to try and meet him but couldn't find him."

REAL-LIFE JAWS

This comes as a surfer was savaged by a shark on a beach 250 miles north of Sydney earlier this month.

Lifeguards treated the 20-tear-old at the scene for a severe arm injury before he was flown to hospital by air ambulance, reports News.com.au.

Six weeks prior, a "hero" dad was killed by a 15ft suspected great white shark while surfing at Tuncurry beach.

Mark Sanguinetti, 59, from Sydney, was mauled on the thigh after trying to warn his three pals of the danger.

A witness said: "The shark came out of the water, just smashed him, five seconds later he came round and hit him again."

Beach-goers hauled Mark out of the water but he could not be saved.

In June, a boy of ten was badly injured by a 7ft bronze whaler shark in remote Western Australia, near Coral Bay, and in January, dad Duncan Craw, 32, was mauled to death while snorkelling on a family camping holiday in Port Macdonnell, South Australia.

Last year Australia recorded its highest number of fatal shark attacks in almost 100 years.

Eight men aged between 17 and 60 were killed off the country's coast.

Drone pilot Matt Woods alerted lifesavers about the man after catching him on camera Credit: Kennedy News/@matt14757 4

There have been numerous shark attacks over recent months