Moment huge bluefin tuna leaps out the sea just feet away from stunned surfers
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By NOOR QURASHI, NEWS REPORTER
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Video has captured the moment a huge bluefin tuna leapt from the sea in front of stunned surfers on a Cornish beach.
Striking footage shows the animal dive into the water in pursuit of a smaller fish during a surfing class on Tuesday last week at Fistral Beach in Newquay.
The predator could be seen almost completely airborne as it snapped up a mackerel that had jumped out moments earlier in what was described as a 'feeding frenzy'.
One person said on X: 'Brilliant. A serendipitous moment, for sure.'
Another added: 'Makes you think the tins should be bigger somehow.'
A third joked: 'So this is why I can't catch anything.'
The video was captured by Newquay Activity Centre manager Jacob Waller, 23.
Video captured the moment a huge bluefin tuna leapt from the sea in front of stunned surfers on a Cornish beach
Striking footage shows the animal dive into the water to pursue a smaller fish during a surfing class at Fistral Beach in Newquay on Tuesday last week
Mr Waller responded to claims the video was 'AI'.
He said: 'It's a real video.
'We filmed it just before lunchtime down at Fistral Beach, capturing the insane moment a bluefin tuna leaps out of the water capturing this mackerel in its mouth.
'There was a bit of a feeding frenzy going on. It was an insane moment.
'We've been inundated with comments about it.
'It is real - they are in our waters, these bluefin tuna. They're here around mid-summer to late autumn.'
Bluefin tuna, one of the largest and fastest predatory fish in the ocean, have become an increasingly familiar sight around the British coastline after a period of absence in the 1990s.
Their numbers have recovered following years of strict international conservation measures introduced after stocks were badly depleted by overfishing.
The resurgence has been particularly noticeable around Cornwall, where the fish can follow shoals of prey close to the coast.
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