Feb. 26 (UPI) — An Australian state government released drone video of a great white shark chasing an oblivious surfer who was saved by a well-timed wave.
The New South Wales government’s Department of Primary Industry Fisheries posted a video to YouTube showing the footage captured by a shark-spotting drone hovering over Ballina’s Lighthouse Beach.
The video shows the great white shark closing in on a surfer who does not appear to notice the creature. The shark appears to be preparing to attack when the surfer is carried out of harm’s way by a well-timed wave.
The shark turns its attention to a second surfer, who is dangling their legs in the water, but ultimately swims away without attacking.
DPI Fisheries said the shark-spotting drones are being trialed at beaches in the northern part of the state, where 11 shark attacks — one fatal — have been reported since 2015.
