Panama City Beach shark feeding frenzy 11/22/2015 

hey, id like to take this time to thank you for not shooting it vertically with your phone. good work, seriously.

I've seen dolphin do the same thing off Sanibel island. Very rare to see this type of activity in that size. i wish i could have identified the type of shark. I'm born and raised in Florida and have been diving for years and I've never seen that. Thanks for sharing.

Crazy! I'm sure this happens all the time in nature but I have never witnessed anything like this in all my 20+ yrs of living in PCB..Pretty nice footage!

This is absolutely scary! Years ago my nephew was attack by a bull shark in Pensacola. He was only around 8 yrs. old at the time & was just wading in the shallow water (not even up to his knees. The shark completely bit off his arm and his uncle pulled the shark to shore & retrieve it which was later reattached. Just about every ounce of blood was lost from his body. A couple of years ago I watched a documentary on his attack & believe me, he not the normal healthy young man this documentary had portrayed his to be. He will never be the same. He will never walk again to say the least. He has suffered brain damage due to loss of blood. No one ever thinks something like this can happen in their family - well think again, it could happen to anyone. The most likely times of a shark attack is early morning or late afternoon, but this does not mean it cannot happen any time of the day or night - so please enter the water with a watchful eye. God bless!

This is exactly how Sharknado started.

Living way further south in FL, in the Tampa Bay area, this video has unnerved me enough that it might be a while before I get back in the water again. LOL

After seeing this I'm afraid to even get in my bathtub w/o looking twice ...

I jet ski out there all summer, i've seen sharks so many times cant even count. I even warn swimmers and people in the water. Most act like i'm joking. It's amazing!!! One day, there was a boat about 100 yards from the beach, they were shark fishing, dont know if they were chumming , but there was about 7 sharks tearing up their lines.. Warned swimmers again, only about 10% took me serious. This video you have is definitely not a common occurance on our beaches.

Amazing video! Thank you for posting this!

Blacktips chasing mullet. Only way it could be more fun is throwing a topwater in there.

AWSOME video, it is amazing how fast they rip and turn chasing bait fish. And children please, NEVER argue with anyone who says get out of the water its a shark. :-)

Thanks for posting this. It's a great video. I love our sharks here.

Great video seeing sharks doing their thing while everyone is out of harms way. Welcome to Florida! I've lived here for 28 years and haven't been lucky enough to see this in person.

lol i don't think people realize how close they come to fish and sharks when they are swimming. They really aren't usually interested in us but they are near

Wow, I live on the west end of the beach, and I've never seen anything like this before. I see dolphins pushing fish to the shore on the east end for their babies, but not sharks ..

A few years ago my cousin was walking late at night on PC Beach and met a guy with a tow truck on the beach. The tow truck guy was shark fishing with metal drums for floats, cables, and big shark hooks with bait attached. He used the tow truck to pull in the big sharks. He had a number of really big sharks that he had caught and said the beach association wouldn't allow him to fish during the day when swimmers were in the water because it was bad publicity for the city. He said this was one of the best shark catching places on the Gulf and sold the sharks to a cat food company.

I live in Tampa and stay out of the ocean, I have a pool and there i see what swims in it. I leave the ocean and the gulf to the animals which live in it

Very cool. I've run into huge schools of Macs, Porpoise, Dolphin(Mahi) and Dorado feeding like this but never a shark feed.

I live in Gulf Shores, Alabama. never seen anything like that BUT I don't live right on the water....wowzaa! super cool footage! thnx for sharing!

Vacationing there in two days.... Definitely NOT going swimming

Had the guy at 1:45 been bit, it would have been a "shark attack." Here's an idea, let's respect nature and view it for the beauty it is. I am grateful you filmed this amazing encounter, but it should also serve a reminder that we "look don't touch" the wildlife. As a diver it sickens me to watch people grope marine life, enjoy these once in a lifetime moments. Thanks for sharing!

Great video, time to run get the fishing rod and start casting. That is really amazing to see that many sharks in one area. nice job.

That's pretty cool. Saw the same thing back in the 90's near cocoa beach. it was a little scarier as a buddy and I were wading in the water about 75 feet out. and the frenzy happened between us and the shore.

wonder what kind of sharks?

sharks doing what sharks do eating fish

I've never seen that before in all the times I've been there. Crazy!

5th generation Florida native, and yes I have seen this before. Awesome nature at work and they are clearly feeding on a school of fish.

is this near 30A?

I see it all the time on the forgotten coast. Sometimes it's dolphins, sometimes it's bull sharks.

Amazing! What an experience. Would have loved to have seen nature in action like this. Sharks are an important part of the ocean ecosystem.

It would be catastrophic if there was a tornado around lol

Amazing !!! We have a place not to far from there .

Agree with the previous poster, these sharks swim with us all year long, they just are not in a school like these are. This is what you call a feeding frenzy; they followed a school of fish to the shore and are attacking as many as possible. These would attack anything in the water now, even a human because in this frenzy, they are reactive and not really knowing or seeing what they are eating. Nature is cool but also dangerous. They feed more and closer at night than day, but snorkeling I have seen 4 or 5 around the second sandbar and further out.

You should have gone out there with a go pro for some point of view shots!

'sort of like black friday'

Guessing mostly Black tips? Maybe a spinner/sandbar or two in there. Not too risky of sharks, other then being accidently bitten being in there, otherwise mostly harmless. The sharks you watch for here in these waters are Bulls/Tigers. 20 years of diving/snorkeling at Panama city beach experience :)

Which Condo/hotel were y'all staying at??

What time of day was this? I'd like to try to see if it'll happen again tonight! How cool.

This was the casting for sharknado 5

amazing

wished I would had saw this when I was there just 2 months earlier. I'll definitely go grab my rod and a top water lure in my room and catch one of these sharks.

Nice! Y'all are lucky to have seen that!

Fabulous video! I'm visiting PCB in a couple of months. Is this the main beach there? Pardon my ignorance!

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WOW... That's crazy !!!

Look kids Dolphins!

+Tyra W. Those are black tip sharks

wow that is crazy awesome to see!

That's a little freaky considering that's where I take my kids to swim

We are a few miles West ...... cold water this time of year, always seems to bring bring smaller, bait fish in closer to the beach ....... still, that's a LOT of Sharks😳

Where exactly in Panama City beach was this? Like what were you guys near?

I will stick to lakes.

Wow.

What part of the beach were you on

nature at its best. healthy ocean.

Wow!!!

I Was just there

well that like killed my vacation play for PCB next summer LOL

Im from Michigan I'll be there in a few I was planning on putting my feet in the water I'm having 2nd thoughts now

As a not for profit Marine Education Society, I would like to ask your permission to post your video with the appropriate links and credits back to you for education purposes.

Hope you're getting pay-per-clicks here! Wow!!! That's crazy!

and then there was a hurricane....

Scariest thing I have ever seen.

this looks more like they are swimming towards shore because a larger predators are after them. this happens alot, sharks get beached swimming for their life. if could also be a feeding frenzy

This would have been awesome to see.

Awesome fishies and the journalists feeding frenzy below, lol

That is their home

Unbelievable. So close to shore.

TDC's nightmare video.

with water blowing up that is a school of dolphins feeding on Mullet. No sharks hunt in packs thaat close to shore

Hi Tyra and Blake, wow! Would it be possible for us to use your video on our newscast and online? We are in Tampa, we will give you credit, please email our producer christie.o'sullivan@foxtv.com. Thanks so much!

sweet dolphins are these

So cool! we shared it on facebook.com/Scenic30A

I certainly hope they weren't fed by someone. That's what would cause an increase in attacks on humans.

Se esses tubarões viessem para Recife, os tubarões daqui comeriam eles.

Hi. I'm a producer at WMBB in Panama City. We were wondering if we could use your video for one of our shows? We'll give you credit. You can email me at bdowning@wmbb.com. Thanks!

Think those are dolphins not sharks

Hi Tyra, the Houston Chronicle webpage in Texas also wants to use your video, with credit to you. Please let me know if that's alright at dylan.baddour@chron.com. Thanks!

Tyra, I am the news director for WMBB News 13 in Panama City. We would like to have your permission to use your video with credit to you. You can reach me at 850-763-6000. Thanks in advance for your consideration. Heather Kretzer News Director WMBB-TV 13.1 ABC | EMBB-TV 13.2 ME-TV 613 Harrison Avenue Panama City, FL 32401 Newsroom 850-763-6000 Direct 850-392-0837 www.MyPanhandle.com Facebook- facebook.com/wmbbtv Twitter- @wmbbnews

Hi Tyra! My name is Shannon McLellan and I am a producer at News 6 WKMG in Orlando. Could we use this video in our newscast with credit to you? Please e-mail me at smclellan@wkmg.com. Thank you!

I understand this is an amazing experience but .. come on .. having your young kids so close to the water on the beach ... these people really are taking their kids lives for granted .. just one second is all it takes ... and the child is pulled in .. I am amazed the parents have not been charged with stupidity.