{"id":274626,"date":"2025-11-06T06:44:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T06:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/274626\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T06:44:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T06:44:12","slug":"shock-as-hundreds-and-hundreds-of-sharks-are-spotted-close-to-shore-at-moreton-island-queensland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/274626\/","title":{"rendered":"Shock as ‘hundreds and hundreds’ of sharks are spotted close to shore at Moreton Island, Queensland"},"content":{"rendered":"

By ANTOINETTE MILIENOS, NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 18:38 EST, 5 November 2025 | Updated: 18:38 EST, 5 November 2025 <\/p>\n

Extraordinary footage has captured ‘hundreds’ of sharks during a feeding frenzy just metres from the shore of a popular island off the Queensland<\/a> coast.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The swarm of sharks were seen chasing and feeding on a giant bait ball – a large group of schooling fish – in the shallows off Moreton Island this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

An avid shark-watcher captured the incredible footage with a drone and shared the video on Instagram<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Have you ever seen this many sharks?’ he wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Well, it’s a first for me, there’s hundreds and hundreds of sharks in this school of sardines.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Like I say, when there’s fish stay clear – here’s a good reason why.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

The large number of sharks was drawn close to shore at the holiday hotspot due to the giant bait balls, which swim in formation to try and confuse the predators.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bait balls are common along\u00a0the east coast in NSW and Queensland and can spark beach closures when they\u00a0attract sharks to the shallows.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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‘Hundreds’ of sharks were spotted in a feeding frenzy close to shore at Moreton Island, off the coast of Queensland<\/p>\n

Bond University shark expert Dr Daryl McPhee explained the shiver – a term used for when sharks gather in a large group – was a sign of a healthy ecosystem.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Those are large schools of pilchards which have been moving up the coast and are a sign of a good, healthy ecosystem,’ he told 7NEWS<\/a>.<\/p>\n

‘It’s not surprising to see such a large group of sharks around a bait ball – and that was a very, very large school of bait fish so it’s not surprising there are a lot of sharks there.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘It’s a simple equation. If you find the prey, you find the predators.’<\/p>\n

Dr McPhee said a mixture of different whaler sharks were visible in the footage with the species present during a feeding frenzy always changing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He said the remarkable natural phenomenon should only be observed from land.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Moreton Island is a national park off the coast of southeastern Queensland, about 40km\u00a0northeast of Brisbane.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The national park is known for its beaches and steep dunes and is surrounded by the protected waters of the Moreton Bay Marine Park.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The protected waters around Moreton Island (pictured) is home to a vast array of sea life including bull sharks, whaler sharks and hammerheads<\/p>\n

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It comes just two weeks after dozens of sharks were seen thrashing in ankle-deep water during a feeding frenzy at a popular surf break on the Gold Coast (pictured)<\/p>\n

The waters are home to a vast array of sea life including bull sharks, whaler sharks and hammerheads.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It comes just two weeks after dozens of sharks were seen thrashing in ankle-deep water during a feeding frenzy at a popular surf break on the Gold Coast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A swarm of sharks were seen at Snapper Rocks chasing and feeding on bait balls in the shallows on October 28.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stunned locals were seen running down to the shore to watch the wild scenes.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a shiver of sharks was also seen at Point Cartwright on the Sunshine Coast earlier this year in January.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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