Shocking moment SHARK sends terrified tourists fleeing from Gran Canaria beach as beast’s fin cuts through water

DRAMATIC video shows the moment a shark thrashes its way through the water at a beach in Gran Canaria.

It’s razor-sharp fin slices through the waves as it heads directly towards screaming tourists on shore.

The shark’s fin cut through the water as it headed for shore

It thrashed around in the water, scaring beach-goers

A scared beach-goer sprints away from the shore

The video, shared on TikTok, was filmed in the city of Las Palmas in Spain’s popular holiday hotspot of Gran Canaria.

Beachgoers captured the shark violently making its way towards shallower waters at fast speed.

As the beast cuts through the waves people on the sand can be hard shouting and crying out in fear.

The camera then pans to the shore, where one young woman sprints away from the incoming shark.

It comes incredibly close, with the fin and tail visible as it hovers just a yards from the sand.

Eventually it turns around and appears to make its way back out to sea.

The shocking clip was filmed on Monday evening.

A spate of popular Spanish beaches have been closed over shark sightings this year.

Also in Gran Canaria, Melenara Beach was shut down after cops spotted a shark swarming near the shore with a drone.

It was initially thought to be around 7ft long – but a second drone sighting confirmed the beast was up to 10ft.

A swimming ban was extended to neighbouring Salinetas beach for sun-seekers safety.

Only hours later, lifeguards hoisted a red flag at a third spot – San Augustin beach on the south of the island.

A tourist had snapped the tell-tale fin of another shark sticking out of the water.

Local police later confirmed the sightings were of hammerhead sharks – which generally aren’t aggressive towards humans.

Regardless, the telltale shark fin swarming near shore tends to spark panic.

Near Alicante, terrified holidaymakers were forced to try and wade to safety in waist-high water off a Costa Blanca beach, as a shark swarmed nearby.

Lifeguards blew on their whistles to urge people to get out of the sea as quickly as possible.

The incident happened at Aguamarina Beach in Orihuela Costa, south of Alicante, in Spain.

Eventually the shark swam away

Panicking swimmers fled as the shark appeared near Alicante, Spa

A police drone spotted a hammerhead shark lurking off a beach in Gran Canaria

Several beaches in Gran Canaria have been closed this year over shark sightings