GoPro captures West Australian woman being dragged underwater by tiger shark
Two spearfishers were caught in a spine-tingling encounter with a huge apex predator off a remote West Australian beach.
Sam Anderson and Jasmine Warneford were spearfishing off Red Bluff, a camping and surfing spot about 1020 km north of Perth, when a tiger shark approached the pair on April 21.
The shark tried to steal their catch then swam towards Mr Anderson with its jaws wide open.
Mr Andrerson quickly prodded the apex predator with his fishing spear to deter it away.
As the tiger shark swam off it took a fish attached to Ms Warneford’s float line, but the rope was still tied around her waist, dragging the spear fisher about 10m underwater before she could cut herself free from the line.
Ms Warneford’s GoPro captured the terrifying moment she was flipped over and dragged underwater by the shark as Mr Anderson desperately tried to swim towards her.
Mr Anderson and Ms Warneford have been contacted for comment.