On his screen, he clearly saw a large shark circling.
The scene appeared menacing enough that Woods was immediately concerned.
The diver was fending the shark off and poking it with his spear gun,saidWoods.
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The shark then went after his float that is attached to the diver.
He was charging it and trying to bite it, thrashing it about.
It took about 30 minutes until a lifeguard jet ski was able to wipe the shark from the area.
Perhaps now that the story has made headlines, they’ll get a chance to meet.
To be clear, encounters like the one that Woods saw are quite rare.
Since 1580 there have been only ninerecordedunprovoked attacks by a mako shark and only one of those was fatal.
Spear fishermen can be more vulnerable to undesired attention by sharks because they may have dead fish with them.
Whatever the case, the diver was certainly lucky that Woods took his drone out that day.
This stunning footage shows a diver off Bondi Beach tussling with a mako shark.
Luckily the drone pilot called lifeguards, who were able to diffuse the situation.
