Terrified Brits flee water when ANOTHER shark is spotted in shallow water near Spanish beach

Another shark has been spotted circling the beaches of Spain, terrorizing locals and tourists alike.

British tourists were enjoying a relaxing day on a Malaga beach, soaking up the sun, when the creature was spotted through the waves.

The presence of the shark, off the coast of the resort town of Torremolinos, caused British tourists to flee the water and return to shore.

Dozens lined the beaches, peering above the water to spot the shark’s dorsal fin sticking out of the waves.

This is now the fifth shark sighting off the Spanish coast in a month, just days after another one sparked panic on a Pontevedra beach.

Emily McEwan took to social media after her vacation was cut short by a shark panic.

She told The Sun: “It was a bit surprising because we’ve all seen movies like Jaws, but you never expect to be in the sea when you see that fin.”

She said the sighting occurred on the morning of June 27. She had been on a family vacation after giving birth to a baby.

The shark was seen off the coast of the beach for about half an hour before a lifeguard encouraged it to swim back out to sea.

The new mother said she tried to find out what species it was, but still didn’t figure it out.

She posted video of the sighting on social media, captioning the clip: “To the beach for what should have been a nice relaxing day.”

This is now the fifth shark sighting off the coast of Spain in a month.

A previous sighting was seen off a pier on the island of Arousa in the Galician province of Pontevedra, home to spectacular white-sand beaches and small coves that are popular with tourists and locals alike.

This time it was a blue shark, which rarely bites humans but has been implicated in fatal attacks in the past.

The footage showed the telltale fin of the shark appearing above the water line as it approached a fisherman’s boat.

The clear, shallow water made it very easy to see.

Local fisherman Rogelio Santos Queiruga insisted that the blue shark, which appeared to be wounded by a harpoon, faced greater danger than humans.

He admitted: “If we try to touch it, it can hurt us with its teeth or rough skin.”

But he added, insisting that these types of sharks are not great white sharks or tiger sharks that can be very aggressive: “The fact that they are seen close to the coast is good news.

“It’s a sign that in the high seas, where they usually live, they may be recovering after decades of overfishing.”

The shark seen in the province of Pontevedra has been described as measuring around five feet and was thought to be not yet fully grown.

Fishermen filmed it swimming in shallow water because its presence this close to shore is rare.

The water temperature in the area was around 20 degrees Celsius, higher than normal.

In early June, a fully grown blue shark measuring about seven feet caused a panic on Aguamarina beach on the Costa Blanca in Orihuela Costa, south of Alicante.

Beachgoers were filmed trying to run to safety through waist-deep water as it neared shoreline.

Lifeguards blew their whistles to warn locals and tourists and urge them to get out of the sea as quickly as possible.

A woman, believed to be an elderly woman helped out of the water by good Samaritans, is said to have suffered a panic attack after realizing the shark was right next to her.

He was found dead the next day next to rocks on La Caleta beach in Cabo Roig, a couple of miles away.

That same day it was learned that a species of shark had been sighted inside the Port of Ciutadella in Menorca.

A cow shark also approached a boat belonging to a group of fishermen in early July, off Cap de Formentor, near Puerto Pollensa in Mallorca.

The men turned off the boat’s engine to avoid damaging it.

Blue sharks rarely bite humans, but have been implicated in several biting incidents, four of which are said to have ended fatally.

A blue shark was blamed for an attack on a tourist in Elche, near Alicante, in July 2016.

The 40-year-old victim was rushed to the hospital and given stitches to a wound on her hand.

Lifeguards described the bite as “big” and said it had risen from the sea with blood oozing from the wound.

In August 2018, tourists fled the sea in a panic after a blue shark, one of the most common in Spain, washed up off the crowded Majorcan beach of Calas de Majorca, on the island’s east coast.

In April, a seven-foot shark also believed to be a blue shark was filmed in the waves off the southeast coast of Mallorca at a nearby beach called Cala Llombards.

The images showed that he was obviously disoriented.

A Spanish woman watched it as its fin appeared above the surface of the water and it made its way inshore in the clear water before nearly running aground on the sand.

She could be heard saying as she smacked her side into the swallow’s water and wagged her tail in an attempt to get back into the sea: ‘This one is going to end up stuck here.

“We have to get it out of the water, it’s going to stay where it is.”

His efforts eventually paid off and he was filmed swimming back into deeper water before disappearing.

Last month Russian tourist Vladimir Popov, 23, was filmed being attacked by a tiger shark and dragged underwater off the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Hurghada.

Parts of its body were later recovered from inside the predator’s belly after bathers clubbed it to death.

Biologist Juan Antonio Pujol told a Spanish newspaper after it emerged that the blue shark seen off Aguamarina beach last Thursday had been found dead on a nearby beach: “Coming across something like this when you’re swimming in the water gives a impression, but you should stay.” calm down because they are not aggressive.’