Brad Ross is lucky to be alive after a 13ft great white shark pounced on him while surfing at Cabarita Beach in New South Wales on Monday morning
This is the remarkable moment a surfer walks away unscathed after a terrifying 13ft shark breaks his surfboard in half.
Brad Ross is lucky to be alive after the predator pounced on him while surfing at Cabarita Beach in New South Wales on Monday morning.
In terrifying footage, Ross can be seen thrashing around in the sea before being submerged underneath. He managed to resurface and quickly head back to land after the great white narrowly avoided attacking him.
Luckily, his surfboard was the only thing damaged after a huge chunk was bitten by the shark. Ross returned to the shore and showed shocked onlookers how the predator had broken his surfboard in half. It comes as a giant shark was spotted prowling a popular tourist as holidaymakers were forced to evacuate.
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Officials at Surf Live Saving said the beach had been closed following the shocking attack.
A spokesperson said: “Just after 8am this morning the Surf Life Saving NSW State Operations Centre was alerted to an incident at the unpatrolled Cabarita Beach which was called in through Triple 0.
“The surfer is unharmed. Australian Lifeguard Service lifeguards were tasked and immediately worked with Council to close the beach and put up signage to warn the public not to enter the water.”
It comes as a holidaymaker was airlifted to a US hospital on Sunday after he was savagely attacked by a shark while spearfishing in the Bahamas, according to authorities.
The 63-year-old tourist from America was attacked shortly after 1pm local time near Big Grand Cay on the island of Abaco, as per a statement shared on the Royal Bahamas Police Force’s Facebook page. The man sustained serious injuries and was initially taken to a local clinic before being airlifted.
According to the International Shark Attack File (ISAF), there have been 34 unprovoked shark attacks in the Bahamas since 1580, equating to roughly one attack every 13 years. Although shark sightings can be relatively frequent in parts of the US and Caribbean, statistics show that the likelihood of being bitten is low.
The US was the site of 28 of last year’s shark attacks, spread across six states. Florida, known for its extensive coastline and warm waters, was the hotspot for half of all U.S. attacks, making human-shark encounters more frequent. Australia recorded nine shark bites last year, while 10 other countries or territories each reported one incident.