Swarms of Sharks, Yes… SWARMS
Swarms of up to 40 sharks have been sighted off the Coromandel coast in New Zealand over the holiday period while people swim just a few feet away, oblivious to the danger.
Helicopter pilot Steve Broadbent said he’s seen sharks disturbingly close to swimmers on the sandbar between Matarangi Beach and Whangapoua Beach over the past two weeks.
“The heavy [shark] activity began just before Christmas. Some days we’ve seen up to 30 sharks but on the day the photo was taken [Sunday] we saw about 40 … They’re seasonal. I saw them two years ago in the same spot, but none last year at all. They’re back in force this summer… We have seen quite a variety … bronze whalers, hammerheads and I think makos. There were at least three species…. They were disturbingly close to swimmers, maybe about 20m away from them.”
Apparently, the sharks were swimming in water shallow enough for people to stand in. Wha??
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i live an houurs drive down from there. we were out surfing at waihi beach and we saw a 8 foot shark probably a bronze whaler but those sharks have been coming there for years its just the first time someones gone up and taken a photo of them all
Markus, check your email!
That is a Shark Party!