Two sharks were seen stalking the shoreline of a Spanish beach, forcing Swimmers to sprint out of the water. The predators were approaching the Port de la Selva beach when the lifeguards gave the order for everyone to exit the water.
On Monday just before 6 o’clock, vacationers on the Catalan coast are reported to have warned staff members of the danger while they were in the water. As two blue sharks approached the sand, the red flag was hurriedly raised to warn swimmers to get out of the water.
Others reportedly fled in terror as beachgoers started filming the terrifying spectacle. Agents from Civil Protection set out to find the pair but were unable to do so and assumed they had fled.
Around 30 minutes later, tourists’ favorite beach activities were resumed, only for the sharks to reappear. A surfer got up close and personal with some nearby animals despite the fact that the waters had been deemed safe for swimmers.
Further causing panic on the beach, the sharks were lurking in the shadows close to the Punta s’Arenella Lighthouse. Local news reports state that authorities tried looking for them once more on the water but were unsuccessful.
Listed as “near threatened” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, blue sharks are a species. The species, also known as Prionace glauca, has a maximum length of 13 feet and a maximum weight of 450 pounds.
Following a rash of shark sightings in recent weeks, locals and tourists were advised to exercise caution when swimming in the ocean. Swimmers in Spain have been on high alert the entire summer due to the abundance of sea life along the coast.
The sight of two terrifying fins rising above the waves just feet away off the coast of Portbou on July 16 terrified tourists. Beachgoers in La Antilla initially believed they had seen a shark, but a Cuvier’s beaked whale unexpectedly showed up on the shore.
A shark approached families off a Costa Blanca beach last month as they were frantically running through waist-deep water. Days later, a blue shark in Orihuela Costa, south of Alicante, caused panic at Aguamarina beach.
Then, a shark was seen gliding through the water off a beach in Ibiza, making it the country’s fifth shark sighting in the past week. Later, a terrifying video of another predator approaching the Malaga sands surfaced, forcing British tourists to run for the shore.
The Patalavaca beach in Mogan, Gran Canaria, was then shut down as a result of the discovery of two hammerhead sharks scavenging nearby.
