Shocking footage has emerged of a bull shark lurking in shallow water near the site of a decomposing dolphin carcass.
Around midday on Thursday, Northern Beaches Council lifeguards received reports of a badly mauled dolphin carcass that had washed ashore Bungan Beach in Sydney.
Lifeguards confirmed that the dolphin appeared to have been attacked, with massive chunks bitten out of it.
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Gruesome footage shows fins bobbing up and down in the shallow water just metres away from the dead animal.
Sydney photographer, Cameron Bloom, shared the shocking sight to social media.
“Thankfully the lifeguard at Bungan pulled me out of the water and told me about the 2.5m dolphin just up the beach being circled by a large (possibly) bull shark right on the shore,” he captioned the post.
A Surf Life Saving NSW drone operator was deployed to the beach where they spotted three bull sharks circling just behind the break.
At around 12.40pm, Lifeguards closed the beach, moved the carcass further away from the shoreline and urgently summoned surfers out of the water.
The terrifying sighting comes just weeks after 12-year-old Nico Antic died when he was mauled by a bull shark at Shark Beach, Vaucluse.
Nico Antic was jumping off rocks with friends into the waters of Shark Beach in Vaucluse when he was attacked by what is believed to be a bull shark on January 18.
The 12-year-old received catastrophic injuries, with both his legs severely injured and causing enormous blood loss. He later died in hospital.
A bull shark is also believed to be behind the attack on local musician, Andre de Ruyter, at North Steyne Beach in Manly on January 19.
Mr de Ruyter survived the attack, but sustained catastrophic injuries to his lower legs.
Authorities believe that coastal weather over the past couple of months has created conditions that attract shark activity.
More than 30 SMART drumlines have been deployed along Sydney beaches, while shark listening stations and aerial surveillance have been ramped up due to recent incidents.
