Local divers filmed an incredible sight off the coast of Western Australia on Monday morning after spotting hundreds sharks in the water.
A school of bait more than twice the size of a football field attracted more than 200 sharks and birds to the waters just south of the Dampier Archipelago.
In stunning aerial footage shot by a drone, Perth diver and underwater documentary maker Andre Rerekura jumped in to investigate what types of creatures were in the Coral Bay water.
More than 200 sharks and birds flocked to the waters just south of the Dampier Archipelago
Underwater footage of huge sharks attacked a bait ball was shoot in Western Australian waters
Local divers filmed the incredible sight off the coast of Western Australia using a small drone
‘This is an amazing sight. I’ve never seen anything like this in my life,’ Mr Rerekura can be heard saying on the video.
‘There’s just sharks everywhere…We’re gonna get in and have a look.’
The sharks were believed to be mainly bronze whalers and sandbar whalers, while the size of the bait ball is indicative of a healthy marine environment.
A school of bait more than twice the size of a football field was easy prey for sharks and birds
‘This is an amazing sight. I’ve never seen anything like this in my life,’ Mr Rerekura said on video
Bronze whalers and sandbar whalers filled the clear waters south of the Dampier Archipelago
The large size of the bait ball in Coral Bay, WA, is indicative of a healthy marine environment
His friend and colleague, Ryan Chatfield, described the crazy decision to Perth Now as a ‘calculated risk’.
Mr Rerekura spends a lot of time in the water with sharks learning their behaviour.
‘He’s an experienced filmmaker but it’s always a risk, there’s never a guarantee,’ Mr Chatfield continued.
Mr Rerekura spends a lot of time in the water with sharks learning their behaviour and nature
Perth diver Andre Rerekura jumped into the middle of the feeding frenzy to observe the sharks
Mr Rerekura is a passionate advocate for the conservation of sharks and their natural habitat
‘Andre is 100 per cent driven by passion for filming and then being able to share it with the world.
‘All he wants to do is share the beauty of the ocean with anybody that’s willing to look at it.’
Mr Rerekura is incredibly environmentally conscious and a passionate advocate for the conservation of sharks and their natural habitat.
Mr Rerekura wants to ‘share the beauty of the ocean with anybody that’s willing to look at it’
Andre Rerekura jumped in to investigate what types of sharks were in the ocean at Coral Bay
Andre Rerekura and Ryan Chatfield observed the huge grope of sharks that flocked to the bait