The scene is played almost like a terrible outtake from “Javs”.
The captivating video captured by the drone shows a lone supin surfer on the Australian coast by a shark. But, as the 5-foot-tall animal is ready to attack its sensitive prey, it just swims away from its food.
Matt Wilkins, a Sydney-born professional surfer, told Surf Life Saving, “I heard a splash and a sound and looked around and couldn’t see anything. “Then the drone came down and told me there were dangerous sharks in the area, back to the beach.”
CLOSE CALL: Pro boycott Matt Wilkinson has been filmed in a very close encounter with a shark while surfing the beach on the NSW North Coast this afternoon.
The 1.5m shark Wilkinson, who was surfing on Sharp’s beach, appears to be already walking when he suddenly walks away. # 9 News pic.twitter.com/FYNqBYqQho
– 9 News Sydney (@ 9 Newsseed) October October 7, 2020
The state-of-the-art drone was able to warn Wilkinson of a nearby white shark while it was paddling off the coast of Sharps Beach in Bullina on Wednesday.
The drone, deployed by Surf Life Saving New South Wales, played an automated message telling Wilkinson to return to the beach.
Video: Great white shark dangerously approaches surfer in Australia (within version)
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32, Wilkinson, 32, explains, “I went to the shore feeling a little weird and the lifeguards showed me that footage and I realized how close it got without informing them there.” “
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Matt Wilkinson surfing in 2015.
Matt Wilkinson surfing in 2015. (Matthew Stockman /)
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The unmanned aerial flyer is part of the New South Wales government’s safety initiative in patrolling about three dozen beaches to help lifeguards rescue servers and swimmers.
“The drone goes up and down the beach and it can see what we can see and it makes you feel more comfortable,” Wilkins explained. “It alerts others that there are sharks but usually has no purpose. It’s fun to know if there’s someone big around you and it lets them walk from there.”
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Wilkinson finished fifth on the World Surf League Championship Tour in 2016 and 2017, according to USA Today.
In early January, old 57-year-old scuba diver Gary Johnson was brutally killed by a shark near Total Island in western Australia, the Australia Australia Broadcasting Corporation said.
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