Kaelah Marlow died after being pulled from the water by emergency services.
But marine biologists say there is no need to panic. Kelly Tarlton s lead aquarist Felix Berghoefer told Newshub in December most sharks aren t bothered by humans at all. Most sharks are literally just out to catch fish and stay away from humans, he said. Humans aren t on the spectrum of prey that sharks hunt.
Berghoefer says there will often be a shark within about 200 to 300 metres of swimming. There are actually quite a lot of sharks in the water but, like I said, they aren t bothered by people; they keep their distance.