"They could have sensed the danger to the swimmers and taken action to protect them," Orca's Ingrid Visser said. The incident happened on October 30, but the lifesavers kept the story to themselves until now.Įnvironment group Orca Research said dolphins attacked sharks to protect themselves and their young, so their actions in protecting the lifesavers was understandable. The lifesavers spent the next 40 minutes surrounded by the dolphins before they could safely swim back to shore. "They had corralled us up to protect us," he said. It was only about 2m away from me, the water was crystal clear and it was as clear as the nose on my face," Howes said. Mr Howes tried to drift away from the group, but two of the bigger dolphins herded him back just as he spotted a nine-foot great white shark swimming towards the group.
"They started to herd us up, they pushed all four of us together by doing tight circles around us," Mr Howes told reporters. Lifesavers Rob Howes, his 15-year-old daughter Niccy, Karina Cooper and Helen Slade were oblivious to the threat as they swam off Ocean Beach on New Zealand's North Island when the dolphins began to herd them - apparently to protect them from the looming shark. The dolphins circled protectively around the group to fend off the great white shark which was closing in.
A school of dolphins came to the rescue of four New Zealand swimmers under threat from an horrific shark attack.
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