{"id":5827,"date":"2025-07-11T10:24:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T10:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=5827"},"modified":"2025-07-11T10:24:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T10:24:32","slug":"woman-eaten-whole-by-13ft-shark-during-ocean-swim-without-anyone-noticing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=5827","title":{"rendered":"Woman eaten whole by 13ft shark during ocean swim without anyone noticing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"96\" data-end=\"181\">For those still haunted by <em data-start=\"123\" data-end=\"129\">Jaws<\/em>, this real-life encounter is a nightmare come true.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"183\" data-end=\"421\">On April 3, 2014, off the coast of New South Wales, Australia, 63-year-old Christine Armstrong\u2014a seasoned swimmer and longtime Tathra Surf Club member\u2014was believed to have been killed and consumed by a 13-foot shark during a routine swim.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"423\" data-end=\"664\">Christine had set off with her swim group but turned back early, saying she wasn\u2019t feeling well. Moments later, swimmers saw a fin and birds circling. Assuming she had made it back safely, they returned to shore\u2014only to realize she was gone.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"666\" data-end=\"841\">The next day, her goggles, cap, and remains washed ashore. Her body was never found. Authorities believe she was taken almost instantly by a large shark, likely a great white.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"843\" data-end=\"933\">\u201cShe wouldn\u2019t have even known it happened,\u201d said her husband Rob, who was swimming nearby.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"935\" data-end=\"1147\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The Tathra Surf Club paid tribute to Christine, remembering her as a joyful, dedicated member. Over a decade later, the tragedy still resonates, with a resurfaced video drawing renewed sympathy and sorrow online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those still haunted by Jaws, this real-life encounter is a nightmare come true. On April 3, 2014, off the coast of New South Wales, Australia, 63-year-old Christine Armstrong\u2014a seasoned swimmer and longtime Tathra Surf Club member\u2014was believed to have been killed and consumed by a 13-foot shark during a routine swim. Christine had set&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=5827\" 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":5828,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5827","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\/5827","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=5827"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5829,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5827\/revisions\/5829"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}