{"id":10028,"date":"2025-10-30T11:08:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T11:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=10028"},"modified":"2025-10-30T11:08:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T11:08:47","slug":"woman-eaten-whole-by-13ft-shark-during-ocean-swim-without-anyone-noticing-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=10028","title":{"rendered":"Woman eaten whole by 13ft shark during ocean swim without anyone noticing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"81\" data-end=\"170\">For anyone still haunted by <em data-start=\"109\" data-end=\"115\">Jaws<\/em>, this real-life shark attack is pure nightmare fuel.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"172\" data-end=\"359\">In April 2014, 63-year-old Christine Armstrong, an experienced swimmer from New South Wales, was killed by a 13-foot shark during a routine ocean swim from Tathra Wharf to Tathra Beach.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"361\" data-end=\"602\">Christine, a longtime Tathra Surf Club member, told her group she wasn\u2019t feeling well and turned back alone after 200 metres. Moments later, swimmers spotted a fin and circling birds \u2014 but assumed she\u2019d made it safely to shore. She hadn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"604\" data-end=\"874\">The next day, her goggles, cap, and remains washed up. Authorities believe she was taken almost instantly by a large shark, likely a great white. \u201cThe shark was such a size\u2026 she wouldn\u2019t have even known it happened,\u201d said her husband, Rob, who was nearby in the water.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"876\" data-end=\"1035\">The Surf Club paid tribute to Christine as a dedicated and joyful member. A resurfaced video of the tragedy recently reignited public sorrow and fascination.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1037\" data-end=\"1180\">Though rare, fatal shark attacks like this remain a haunting reminder of the ocean\u2019s unpredictability \u2014 and the courage of those who face it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For anyone still haunted by Jaws, this real-life shark attack is pure nightmare fuel. In April 2014, 63-year-old Christine Armstrong, an experienced swimmer from New South Wales, was killed by a 13-foot shark during a routine ocean swim from Tathra Wharf to Tathra Beach. Christine, a longtime Tathra Surf Club member, told her group she&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=10028\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Woman eaten whole by 13ft shark during ocean swim without anyone noticing&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10029,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10028"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10030,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10028\/revisions\/10030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}