{"id":234007,"date":"2025-10-30T12:50:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/234007\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T12:50:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:50:12","slug":"massive-shark-feeding-frenzy-spotted-near-snapper-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/234007\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive Shark Feeding Frenzy Spotted Near Snapper Rocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-312428\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-312428 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Photo-9-News-Australia-YouTube-670x388.jpg\" alt=\"Shark Feeding frenzy at Snapper Rocks.\" width=\"670\" height=\"388\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-312428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: 9 News Australia \/\/ YouTube<\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/favicon-surf.png\" alt=\"The Inertia\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s virtually no way to surf alone at Snapper Rocks. The Queensland surf break is as renowned for its endless procession of perfect waves as it is for its nightmarish crowd. Sitting shoulder-to-shoulder in the lineup, paddle battles and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theinertia.com\/uncategorized\/snapper-rocks-is-back-and-so-are-the-drop-ins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">constant drop-ins<\/a> are the norm there. This week, however, we finally found out what it takes to clear out the water at the crown jewel of the Gold Coast: dozens and dozens of sharks.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Snapper Rocks was cleared out by the appearance of a massive feeding frenzy of sharks. Multiple videos posted to social media depict the event, where dozens of sharks can be seen thrashing in the shallow water. As The Guardian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2025\/oct\/29\/shark-feeding-frenzy-snapper-rocks-gold-coast-surf-beach-australia-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">reports<\/a>, the species of shark is unclear, but the nearby Tweed River mouth is known to be a bull shark nursery.<\/p>\n<p>It appears the sharks were attracted to a large bait ball in the shallows \u2014 a tightly-grouped spherical swarm of small fish. Even with that explanation, the sight was still a rarity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were sharks everywhere, it was just insane,\u201d local surfer Dean Harrington told 9 News Australia. \u201cWe travel up and down this coast and I\u2019ve never seen anything like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even still, some intrepid Australians were undeterred by the mass of predators. A man was spotted attempting to fish in the shallows, and at least one insane person was seen attempting to paddle out.<\/p>\n<p>The swarm of sharks occurred despite the presence of shark nets in the region, bolstering the argument of detractors of the devices. Greens senator Peter Whish-Wilson said in a statement: \u201cWhat further proof do governments need that shark nets do not work, and can even attract sharks to beaches where they can feed on marine wildlife caught in these barbaric walls of death.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: 9 News Australia \/\/ YouTube There\u2019s virtually no way to surf alone at Snapper Rocks. 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