500 Sharks vs. One Surfer: Crazy Feeding Frenzy in Australia (Video)

Could be a case of magical thinking, or perhaps law of attraction, but it seems like the shark activity in Australia has been relatively high recently. Like, really high.

There’s even a term: Frequency Illusion, also called the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon (or Red Car Syndrome), which is “a cognitive bias caused by selective attention and confirmation bias, making your brain focus on new, relevant information that was always there but previously ignored.” Think about a red car, start seeing ‘em everywhere.

Anyway, there’s been recent sightings of sharks in shallow waters, feasting on schools of fish. But this one takes the take in terms of numbers, plus there’s a lone surfer in the water – oblivious, maybe? – and he must’ve had a (fish) tale to tell afterwards.

Drone Shark App captioned the video: “What a spectacle on the east coast of Moreton Island. There must be 500 sharks in the space of 1 km as the sardines swam across the coastline. I’ve never experienced anything like this and it was an amazing event, so blessed. Yes, there was one Surfer trying to get the smallest wave. Not sure if it was worth it, but he got out in time.”

More recently, a similar scenario was scene in the Byron Bay Shire, with maybe not hundreds, but dozens of sharks swarming a bait ball in the shallow waters.

And before that, there was the incident at the famed righthand pointbreak of Snapper Rocks, in which a grouping of sharks staged an all-out blitzkrieg right there next to the shore.

Regarding the latter, one bloke from The Lago Podcast, narrated: “This looks like surfing’s equivalent of Snakes on a Plane. This is absolutely mindboggling, and it’s happening in ankle-deep water. Nowhere is safe.”

Of course, this also comes after a few tragic incidents regarding sharks have hit Australia recently. Like, Mercury Psillakas, who was attacked and killed while surfing Dee Why on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. And it looks like, as a result of the heightened shark activity, local governments are pouring money into enhanced preventative measures.

Rest in peace, Merc.