Upon spotting two sharks near to the coast, lifeguards at a well-known Spanish beach warned swimmers to leave the water.
The two predators had arrived on Monday at the picturesque El Port de la Selva beach on the Costa Brava in the extreme northeast of Catalonia, where they startled swimmers.
The first to spot ominous fins piercing the water’s surface were people canoeing away from the beach. They immediately notified the neighbourhood lifeguards, who then raised the red flag.
Agents from Civil Protection took a look around after everyone had left to see if they could locate the creatures, which were believed to be blue sharks.
The swimmers went back into the ocean when they were unable to find any sign of them.
That is, until the sharks were spotted once more barely 30 minutes later.
Locals and visitors splashed their way out of the water once more, but authorities
On June 21, one was seen on camera leaving a pier on the island of Arousa, which is located on the other side of the Iberian peninsula from El Port de la Selva in the Galician province of Pontevedra.
On the Costa Brava in Catalonia, Spain, El Port de la Selva is a municipality in the Alt Empord comarca.
This year, there have been numerous sightings around the Spanish coast, including this one in El Port de la Selva (Image: Getty Images).
Within a week, a shark had been spotted four times in the waters around Spain.
Among the others was a fully developed, seven-foot blue shark that sparked fear south of the well-liked vacation spot Alicante.
Despite having a frightening appearance, blue shark attacks on people are extremely uncommon.
One was spotted in the water over the weekend at Le Barcarès, a French community located not far up the coast from El Port de la Selva.
In a statement to The Times, lifeguard chief David Simian said: “Lifeguards got a boat out and realised it was a shark.
It was a blue shark, which poses no danger to people.