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September 6, 2022 / 10:54 PM EDT / AP

MIAMI - A shark attacked and killed a Royal Caribbean cruise ship passenger who was snorkeling in the Bahamas.

The incident involved a 58-year-old woman from Pennsylvania and occurred Tuesday at a popular snorkeling spot near Green Cay in the northern Bahamas, police spokeswoman Chief Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings told The Associated Press.

"It's unfortunate," she said.

Skippings said the woman's family identified it as a bull shark.

Royal Caribbean International said in a statement to the AP that the person died after arriving at a local hospital for treatment and that the company is helping their loved ones. They said the guest was participating in an independent shore excursion in Nassau and had been sailing on Harmony of the Seas, which is on a seven-night trip after departing Florida on Sunday.

The majority of shark attacks in the Caribbean have occurred in the Bahamas, with two reported in 2019, one of them fatal. That incident involved a Southern California woman who was on vacation and was attacked by three sharks near Rose Island, located just a half mile from where Tuesday's attack occurred.

In December 2020, a fatal shark attack was reported in the French Caribbean territory of St. Martin, the first such incident in that region.

Overall, at least 32 shark attacks have been reported in the Bahamas since 1749, followed by 13 attacks in Cuba during that time period, including one in 2019, according to the Florida-based International Shark Attack File.

Michael Heithaus, a marine biologist at Florida International University in Miami, said in a phone interview that the high number of attacks in the Bahamas is likely linked to the fact that there are a lot of people in the water in that area and that it has a robust marine ecosystem.

He said the Bahamas has a variety of shark species, the majority of which do not pay attention to people, except for bull sharks and tiger sharks.

"They get to very large sizes, and they eat big prey," Heithaus said, adding that sharks have incredible sensory systems and can be attracted to food, sounds, and smells in the water.

But overall, shark attacks remain rare, he stressed.

Worldwide, there were 137 shark attacks last year, 73 of them unprovoked, according to the International Shark Attack File.

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A shark attacked and killed a U.S. cruise ship passenger who was snorkeling in waters around the Bahamas on Tuesday, according to authorities.

The incident involved a 58-year-old woman from Pennsylvania and occurred at a popular snorkeling spot near Green Cay in the northern Bahamas, police spokeswoman Chief Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings told The Associated Press.

“It’s unfortunate,” she said.

Skippings said the woman’s family identified it as a bull shark.

Royal Caribbean International said in a statement to the AP that the person died after arriving at a local hospital for treatment and that the company is helping their loved ones. They said the guest was participating in an independent shore excursion in Nassau and had been sailing on Harmony of the Seas, which is on a seven-night trip after departing Florida on Sunday.

The majority of shark attacks in the Caribbean have occurred in the Bahamas, with two reported in 2019, one of them fatal. That incident involved a Southern California woman who was on vacation and was attacked by three sharks near Rose Island, located just a half mile from where Tuesday’s attacked occurred.

In December 2020, a fatal shark attack was reported in the French Caribbean territory of St. Martin, the first such incident in that region.

Overall, at least 32 shark attacks have been reported in the Bahamas since 1749, followed by 13 attacks in Cuba during that time period, including one in 2019, according to the Florida-based International Shark Attack File.

Michael Heithaus, a marine biologist at Florida International University in Miami, said in a phone interview that the high number of attacks in the Bahamas is likely linked to the fact that there are a lot of people in the water in that area and that it has a robust marine ecosystem.

He said the Bahamas has a variety of shark species, the majority of which do not pay attention to people, except for bull sharks and tiger sharks.

“They get to very large sizes, and they eat big prey,” Heithaus said, adding that sharks have incredible sensory systems and can be attracted to food, sounds and smells in the water.

But overall, shark attacks remain rare, he stressed.

Worldwide, there were 137 shark attacks last year, 73 of them unprovoked, according to the International Shark Attack File.

Shark kills U.S. cruise ship passenger snorkeling in Bahamas: police

A shark attacked and killed a U.S. cruise ship passenger who was snorkeling in waters around the Bahamas on Monday, according to authorities.

The incident involved a 58-year-old woman from Pennsylvania and occurred at a popular snorkeling spot near Green Cay in the northern Bahamas, police spokeswoman Chief Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings told The Associated Press.

“It's unfortunate,” she said.

Skippings said the woman's family identified it as a bull shark.

The majority of shark attacks in the Caribbean have occurred in the Bahamas, with two reported in 2019, one of them fatal. That incident involved a Southern California woman who was on vacation and was attacked by three sharks near Rose Island, located just a half mile from where Tuesday's attacked occurred.

In December 2020, a fatal shark attack was reported in the French Caribbean territory of St. Martin, the first such incident in that region.

Overall, at least 32 shark attacks have been reported in the Bahamas since 1749, followed by 13 attacks in Cuba during that time period, including one in 2019, according to the Florida-based International Shark Attack File.

Michael Heithaus, a marine biologist at Florida International University in Miami, said in a phone interview that the high number of attacks in the Bahamas is likely linked to the fact that there are a lot of people in the water in that area and that it has a robust marine ecosystem.

He said the Bahamas has a variety of shark species, the majority of which do not pay attention to people, except for bull sharks and tiger sharks.

“They get to very large sizes, and they eat big prey,” Heithaus said, adding that sharks have incredible sensory systems and can be attracted to food, sounds and smells in the water.

But overall, shark attacks remain rare, he stressed.

Worldwide, there were 137 shark attacks last year, 73 of them unprovoked, according to the International Shark Attack File.

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Cruise Passenger Attacked, Killed By Shark While Snorkeling In the Bahamas

Richard Simms

• September 6, 2022

Royal Caribbean Group (RCL) confirmed Tuesday that one of its guests had been killed following a shark attack in the Bahamas.

Where the Shark Attack Took Place

One family’s vacation was marred by tragedy when a 58-year-old woman was attacked by a bull shark while on a snorkeling excursion. The incident occurred at a popular destination known as Green Cay, just off the shore of Rose Island, at approximately 2 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon. The woman was rushed to the hospital but did not survive the injuries she had sustained.

According to NBC News , approximately 5-7 other people were snorkeling with the unidentified woman. During a news conference, Royal Bahamas Police Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings said that family members had witnessed the attack and helped to pull the victim from the water. She was then taken by boat to Fort Montagu Hospital.

Bull sharks — which typically run between 7.5 and 11 feet in length — are naturally aggressive. Because they favor shallow, coastal waters (as do snorkelers), they are the type of shark most often associated with attacks on humans.

Royal Caribbean Offering Family Support

In confirming the news, Royal Caribbean said that the woman had been a passenger aboard Harmony of the Seas , which is in the midst of a seven-night sailing out of Port Canaveral, Florida. The cruise line indicated that the woman was on an independent shore excursion, meaning one that was not sold through or sanctioned by the line itself. This is, of course, not at all uncommon, as many cruise guests — no matter the destination — often make plans with independent contractors.

In a statement, Royal Caribbean Group added that they were “providing support and assistance to the guest’s loved ones during this difficult time.”

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Bull shark kills US cruise ship passenger snorkeling in Bahamas

• Published: Sep. 07, 2022, 9:28 a.m.
• The Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A shark attacked and killed a U.S. cruise ship passenger who was snorkeling in waters around the Bahamas on Tuesday, according to authorities.

The incident involved a 58-year-old woman from Pennsylvania and occurred at a popular snorkeling spot near Green Cay in the northern Bahamas, police spokeswoman Chief Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings told The Associated Press.

“It’s unfortunate,” she said.

Skippings said the woman’s family identified it as a bull shark.

Royal Caribbean International said in a statement to the AP that the person died after arriving at a local hospital for treatment and that the company is helping their loved ones. They said the guest was participating in an independent shore excursion in Nassau and had been sailing on Harmony of the Seas, which is on a seven-night trip after departing Florida on Sunday.

The majority of shark attacks in the Caribbean have occurred in the Bahamas, with two reported in 2019, one of them fatal. That incident involved a Southern California woman who was on vacation and was attacked by three sharks near Rose Island, located just a half mile from where Tuesday’s attacked occurred.

In December 2020, a fatal shark attack was reported in the French Caribbean territory of St. Martin, the first such incident in that region.

Overall, at least 32 shark attacks have been reported in the Bahamas since 1749, followed by 13 attacks in Cuba during that time period, including one in 2019, according to the Florida-based International Shark Attack File.

Michael Heithaus, a marine biologist at Florida International University in Miami, said in a phone interview that the high number of attacks in the Bahamas is likely linked to the fact that there are a lot of people in the water in that area and that it has a robust marine ecosystem.

He said the Bahamas has a variety of shark species, the majority of which do not pay attention to people, except for bull sharks and tiger sharks.

“They get to very large sizes, and they eat big prey,” Heithaus said, adding that sharks have incredible sensory systems and can be attracted to food, sounds and smells in the water.

But overall, shark attacks remain rare, he stressed.

Worldwide, there were 137 shark attacks last year, 73 of them unprovoked, according to the International Shark Attack File.

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The victim was snorkeling with her family when the horrific attack occurred.

(CNN) -- A cruise ship passenger from Pennsylvania died Tuesday after being attacked by a shark while snorkeling with her family in the Bahamas, authorities said.

The passenger, a mother in her 50s who was onboard the Royal Caribbean ship, Harmony of the Seas, was attacked in Green Cay, off the coast of Nassau, according to Royal Bahamas Police Force Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings.

While the cruise ship was docked in Nassau, the family booked an excursion with a local tour company that took them to a popular snorkeling area, she said.

Family members then saw a shark attacking the woman and rushed to her aid. The mother had suffered bites to her "upper extremities," Skippings said.

Operators from the tour company and family members were able the pull the woman onto the boat and rushed to the nearest dock, where paramedics responded and reported no vital signs of life, Skippings said.

“Royal Caribbean is providing support and assistance to the guest’s loved ones during this difficult time,” a statement from the cruise line said. Harmony of the Seas is currently on a seven-night cruise after sailing from Port Canaveral, Florida, on Sunday.

The beach where the attack happened has been closed, authorities said, and the incident is under investigation.

Shark attacks remain  extremely rare . The odds of getting fatally attacked by the creature remain less than 1 in 4 million, according to the International Shark Attack File.

Last year, there were 73 confirmed unprovoked shark attack cases worldwide, including 47 in the United States, which has the most documented unprovoked bites in the world, according to the Shark Attack File.

It's unclear why sharks bite, but experts say many attacks are “ cases of mistaken identity ,” occurring under conditions of poor water visibility, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History.

Many of the bites happen when humans are swimming in or near large schools of prey fish. Sharks may also bite because they feel threatened and are just trying to defend themselves.

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During its 10-day sail around New Zealand from Sydney, Australia, the Ovation of the Seas arrived at Napier, New Zealand, on Wednesday morning.

Passengers were strolling along nearby Marine Parade Beach when they spotted a 12-foot juvenile basking shark that washed ashore. The shark gets its name because it feeds by slowly moving along the surface of the water, appearing to be basking in the sun. The gentle giant's mouth opens wide, filtering out the smallest prey, and is harmless to humans.

"When we first got here, he (the shark) was just lying there and you could see he was trying so hard to breathe," said Karen O’Connor, a cruise ship passenger told the New Zealand Herald.

"We just kept trying to pull him out and dig him out. We got him out a bit but didn’t have the strength to keep pulling."

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The Department of Conservation was alerted to the shark just before 10 a.m. and quickly dispatched two rangers, a spokesperson from the Department of Conservation told USA TODAY in an email.

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By the time the rangers arrived, the public and local police had helped refloat the shark back into the water. The rangers stayed at the scene to ensure the shark did not wash up again.

The agency said it is grateful to the community and local police for the assistance in the rescue.

Not only is rescuing a shark an uncommon opportunity, but the shark species itself is few and far between.

"This is a very rare record of a juvenile basking shark, a protected species in New Zealand waters," said Clinton Duffy, Technical Advisor Marine for the Department of Conservation, in a statement.

The last sighting of a live basking shark was in 2012, although the species used to be "very common" in New Zealand waters during the mid-late 1990s. The basking shark is the second-largest fish in the ocean, growing up to 40 feet in length.

"It is great to see people getting together to rescue this animal," he said.

Kathleen Wong is a travel reporter for USA TODAY based in Hawaii. You can reach her at [email protected] .

Giant Shark From Viral TikTok Video Leaves Viewers Frightened and Awestruck

May 29 2021, Published 11:24 a.m. ET

Shark-infested horror movies like  Jaws, The Shallows, Deep Blue Sea , and  47 Meters Down  have already sparked fear of sharks in the public's mind, but one real-life experience by tourists on a cruise ship might continue the trend. TikTok user and musician Alex Albrecht filmed the creature from the mast of the cruise ship and captioned the video, "Sailed six weeks in the Atlantic saw this big f----g shark."

Many commenters thought the shark was a megalodon, an extinct but extremely large species of shark. Films like  The Meg  have brought the Megalodon to public attention, but could the extinct species have risen from the grave? Here's everything we know about the giant cruise ship shark and if it could be a megalodon.

So, was the giant shark a megalodon?

The TikTok video, which has since amassed over 39 million views, has viewers scratching their heads, wondering what kind of shark could be so large it spans the length of a cruise ship. Many commenters suggested the shark was a megalodon, which is currently extinct, but others aren't so sure.

@.alex.albrecht Sailed six weeks in the atlantic saw this big fucking shark ♬ original sound - Alex Albrecht

In the video, the shark appears to be swimming slowly in a circle near the surface of the water as tourists run to the edge of the boat to see the creature. Shouts of surprise and shock are heard at increasingly high volumes in the background, with voices yelling, "Holy f–k" and "Whoa." Many aren't used to seeing such large creatures outside of places like aquariums and museums.

According to LiveScience , the megalodon was, "the largest shark ever to prowl the oceans and one of the largest fish on record. The scientific name,  Carcharocles megalodon , means "giant tooth," and for good reason: Its massive teeth are almost three times larger than the teeth of a modern great white shark." Unfortunately, the megalodon has been documented as going extinct millions of years ago, possibly even before humans evolved.

Some commenters suggested that the shark wasn't a megalodon but a basking shark. Basking sharks differ from megalodons not only for their living species status but because they don't have any teeth and pose no harm to humans.  Sharks.org  explains that the basking shark might look terrifying because of their way of feeding, "Often seen feeding on surface aggregations of plankton, moving slowly forward with open mouth."

Commenters on the clip are proof that no matter how harmless or extinct a shark is, pop culture has certainly influenced how the public views them. Most sharks are harmless unless provoked, and perhaps this shark didn't anticipate a cruise ship wandering into its migration route.

Either way, it's safe to say that if the Megalodon returned from extinction, not only would the world know, but there would already be a movie in pre-production!

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The Louisiana high school graduate who disappeared after leaping off a cruise ship into dark waters off the Bahamas last week may have met a grisly fate in the “shark-infested” area, a local official said.

The waters off Athol Island, where 18-year-old Cameron Robbins was last seen swimming after jumping off the Blackbeard’s Revenge sunset cruise on May 24, are “really shark-infested,” Royal Bahamas Defense Force (RBDF) Commodore Raymond King told the Daily Mail on Tuesday .

A chaotic video was taken moments after the jump also shows the Baton Rouge native ignoring onlookers’ pleas for him to grab a buoy and swimming in the opposite direction –prompting social media sleuths to suggest that a silvery reflection near the boat’s hull may have actually been a shark that scared him off.

“Haunting, but you can see the exact moment the shark gets him,” one Twitter user wrote alongside a screenshot of Robbins and the shadow just inches apart.

“Tragic & scary in every way.”

Another viewer argued that Robbins could be seen abandoning the life ring after he notices the shape nearby.

“He initially goes for the buoy but then turns around when he sees the shark, ultimately disappearing into the water, likely dragged down. Very sad,” they wrote .

The Blackbeard’s Revenge , which is designed to resemble a pirate ship, remained in the area for several hours while the crew attempted to look for Robbins.

The Coast Guard called off its own search two days later , after reportedly scouring over 325 square miles.

What to know about Cameron Robbins' disappearance

Cameron Robbins, 18, graduated from University Laboratory School in Baton Rouge in May and was on a trip to the Bahamas with students from several local high schools.

According to witnesses, the teen — who was apparently acting on a dare — took a plunge off a party cruise into the ocean near Athol Island at night.

Robbins was last seen splashing in the dark, “shark-infested” waters a few feet from the boat, before vanishing from view.

A chaotic video taken moments after the jump also shows the recent graduate ignoring onlookers’ pleas to grab a buoy.

The party ship remained in the area for several hours while the crew looked for Robbins.

The Coast Guard  called off its own search two days later , after reportedly scouring over 325 square miles.

Robbins disappeared three days after his graduation from University Laboratory School.

He was staying at Atlantis Paradise Island with a group of fellow seniors from other area high schools.

In the wake of the tragedy, University Lab School Director Kevin George described the former baseball star as a “great kid.”

“He’s an athlete … great smile, great head of hair,” he told WBRZ. 

“Just one of the kids you’re so proud of when they cross the stage.”

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I’m a Cruise Ship Worker…These are the SIX Things Smart Passengers Always do Onboard

NASSAU - The Bahamas - A cruise ship worker has shared the six things that 'smart' passengers always do when they come aboard for their holiday.

• Cruise ship worker Janice Munklehouse, 21, has been working on cruise ships for 38 years

A cruise ship worker has shared the six things that ‘smart’ passengers always do when they come aboard for their holiday.

Janice Munklehouse, 21, from Grimisbury on Thames, Lincolnshire worked on cruise ships for 38 years, and regularly shares advice for passengers and crew on her Cruising Da Seas Innit YouTube channel.

Now, she has shared how passengers can make the most of their voyage with her own expert tips.

Read on below for the six top tips she had for cruise passengers.

Don’t fall overboard whilst boarding the ship

Kicking off with the first piece of advice to get ahead of the game while travelling on a cruise, Janice said people should always avoid falling overboard whilst boarding the cruise ship.

She said that, it is best to arrive at the destination of your cruise embarkation point “as early as possible”, suggesting a late arrival may mean you rush to board the ship loaded with luggage fall into the sea.

While the cruise ship worker said that many people avoid drowning or being crushed by other boats in the harbour, she has seen many passengers falling off the boarding ramp in a rush to board the ship.

“One fella comically tried to jump over 17 feet because he was late for the cruise. He was summarily chewed up in the propellers, but his cruise ticket and hairbrush were thankfully recovered by a fisherman 6 months later in the stomach of a Mako shark.”

Don’t jump off the ship when it’s cruising

Moving on to her next tip, Janice encouraged passengers to not jump off the ship when it was cruising in the ocean.

Janice said jumping off the cruise ship whilst moving would not be very nice for the passenger. She said that: “Jumping into the ocean from your ultra-luxury cruise line would mean that you miss a lot of activities on board like karaoke, disco night and various themed buffets”.

She said that, while it may be tempting to jump from the deck of your cruise ship to avoid all the old codgers and nouveau riche arseholes, bad things could happen to you in the open ocean hundreds of miles from shore.

Don’t fall off the ship

The cruise worker highlighted the potential dangers of falling off the ship. If passengers wear inadequate footwear or lean over the edge of the ship, they could slip and fall into the ocean, which would not be such a good cruise ship experience.

Don’t get pushed off the ship

Janice’s fourth piece of advice for how to be a smart passenger when going on a cruise concerned not being pushed off the ship.

She urged anyone looking to enjoy their holiday cruise to avoid being pushed over the side of the ship into the ocean by some nutter on board or an angry crew member.

During her 38 years working on cruise ships, Janice says she has witnessed a number of crew members who have had to push annoying passengers overboard for being arseholes.

She warned that many passengers end up in the ocean because the crew have simply had enough. There’s only so much a crew member can take, so don’t be an arse and get on everyone’s tits.

Don’t fall out of your cabin window

The cruiser worker’s penultimate tip of six urged holidaymakers not to open the cabin window and hang over the edge, especially when drunk out of their minds on cheap watered-down booze.

Elaborating on this point, she suggested it would always be best to simply use the cabin window to look at the ocean and not to jump into the water from it.

Janice remarked: “You may run the risk of getting eaten by sharks, or simply drowning”.

Don’t fall off the ramp whilst disembarking

Her final piece of advice for how to be a smart passenger when disembarking a cruise ship concerned not falling off the ramp into the polluted, dangerous waters at port.

Janice suggested this could be potentially very dangerous for the passenger.

She said: “The reason you want to decide on these things before you disembark is because if you fall overboard, things could get rather messy. I once saw an elderly passenger ingest an entire humungous turd in one gulp when she fell in the water near a sewage outflow pipe”.

The veteran cruise worker also said that avoiding falling or jumping off a cruise ship should be a priority for most passengers, but naturally some were just born to do it. Once passengers disembarked, Janice admitted she and the crew were glad all the whinging fuckers had gone and hoped they would never be seen again — that is, until the next batch boarded the cruise ship for a trip they would surely regret for a lifetime.

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Two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters, two HC-130J Combat King 11 aircraft and two teams of combat rescue officers and pararescuemen based at Patrick Space Force Base in Brevard County, Florida, flew 350 nautical miles off the U.S. eastern coast to reach the Carnival Venezia, the 920th Rescue Wing said Tuesday.

The ship had set sail on April 26 from Port Canaveral, Florida, for a 10-day cruise to the Bahamas and Caribbean. To reach the Venezia's location, rescuers needed three air-to-air refuelings, the Air Force said.

Dramatic photos show the unnamed woman and her son being hoisted up into the helicopter from the ship's deck.

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"The patient was successfully transferred to a hospital in the United States," a U.S. Air Force spokesperson said. "After 8 hours, and more than 1,200 miles flown, the mission was complete when all of the aircraft returned to Patrick SFB."

The nature of the medical emergency was not immediately clear. Fox News Digital has reached out to Carnival Cruise Line for comment.

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Man who survived jumping off 11th deck of a cruise ship admits he 'didn't really think it through'

He admitted it was a bad idea and encouraged others not to do it..

A man who survived jumping off a cruise ship admitted that it had actually been a spectacularly bad idea and that he 'didn't really think it through'.

He'd willingly made the leap and been filmed by his friends in an attempt to go viral , but he very nearly plunged himself into a watery grave.

See, when someone goes overboard from a cruise ship there's all sorts of procedures in place to deal with it, but a vast majority of the people who go into the water don't come back out alive .

Your chances of falling overboard from a cruise ship are very slim, but it doesn't help if you jump off and into the water yourself for the sake of social media clout.

American man, Nick Naydev, seemingly learned his lesson after leaping from the 11th floor of the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Symphony of the Seas while it was docked in Nassau, Bahamas.

As Nick leapt off the ship, his friends filmed him and laughed while the man landed into shark-infested water after a 100ft drop.

Fortunately, he managed to avoid serious injury as water won't cushion your fall all that much if you plummet from a great height, but said he could certainly feel the impact in his tailbone and neck.

Nick later admitted to Inside Edition in 2019 that he didn't want people to follow his example.

He said : "I remember hitting the water, impact was pretty big 'cause it was pretty high up. It impacted my tailbone and my neck pretty hard, luckily it wasn't anything serious.

"Nothing was really going through my mind. I'm like, 'I gotta do this,' and just two seconds later, I just jumped and didn't really think it through.

"The previous night we were drinking quite a bit so I was still feeling the effects of the alcohol.

"I hope I don't inspire anybody to do this because it is very dangerous, I mean they'll think this is a joke."

Royal Caribbean ended up banning Nick and his friends from their cruises for life.

In a statement, they called the stunt 'stupid and reckless', adding that they were 'exploring legal action'.

Other passengers who've gone overboard the Symphony of the Seas haven't been so lucky, with one person having fallen from the ship and to their death in the past.

In other incidents involving the cruise ship, a couple didn't get back on in time as they missed the last call for boarding by 50 minutes and could only watch from the shore as the ship sailed away .

A member of staff aboard the Symphony of the Seas was also arrested for allegedly placing hidden cameras in passenger's bathrooms .

Topics:  Cruise Ship , Viral , Travel

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After the summer season came to an end on April 30, WA Livesavers said they spotted sharks on more than 430 occasions.

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That meant that across the state's beaches, Lifesavers closed beaches 70 per cent more often than last year.

The largest increase in shark sightings was in February of this year.

Several shark attacks were recorded in WA this year, including a 46-year-old woman who was attacked by a Tiger Shark near Sandland Island, north of Perth.

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"These figures continue to demonstrate how important the Service is to delivering public beach safety across vast expanses of coastline," Surf Life Saving WA's General Manager of Lifesaving, Chris Peck, said.

"While we saw a large increase in shark numbers and sightings, equally important is the increase in clearances by our crew, demonstrating how instrumental the Service is in keeping beachgoers safe."

In late April, the WA state government announced ongoing funding for their Shark Mitigation strategy, including $12 million allocated to the Westpac Lifesaver Helicopter.

Surf Lifesaving WA's emergency communications network, and other emergency response activity were also funded for a further four years