Watch: Terrifying second shark assaults spearfish diver off Fiji coast

FIJI — A spearfisher’s first dive journey took a terrifying flip this month when he was attacked by a shark off the coast of Fiji.

On July 19, New Zealand diver Henry Gibbs had been exploring a reef for a few hours earlier than transferring into clearer water to hunt for a bigger catch.

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“We’d missed a few shots on other fish, and there were a handful of grey reef sharks around, with this one hanging around us longer than the others,” Gibbs recounted in an Instagram submit concerning the incident.

The shark then started making semicircles beneath him and have become riled.

Captured fully on digital camera, Gibbs’ POV footage reveals the precise second the shark all of a sudden surged ahead and attacked his calf, leaving him with vital accidents.

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According to Gibbs, after 4 surgical procedures and a pores and skin graft, he’s anticipated to make a full restoration, which he’s “hugely grateful for.”

While he mentioned he’ll by no means absolutely know what triggered the assault, he suspects it may have been the noise from the boat, the spearguns, and the motion within the water that might have piqued the shark’s curiosity.

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“Looking back, that should’ve been enough of a sign to call the dive. I never thought a shark of that size posed much of a threat, and that was a mistake,” he mentioned.

Henry Gibbs discovered some very precious classes from his expertise, together with not ignoring agitated shark indicators and never underestimating a risk primarily based on measurement.

He urges different divers to maneuver elsewhere if a shark’s conduct modifications.

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“No hard feelings toward the shark. I was in its environment hunting its food,” he famous in an Instagram submit concerning his restoration, including that he was on the flawed place on the flawed time.