Chilling footage has shown a massive shark stalking surfers at Bondi Beach.

The drone footage shows the ocean predator just metres from the surfers as they waited to catch a wave.

It was so close to the shore the person who took the video remarked that “if it gets any closer to the beach, it will need a towel and sunscreen”, Sunrise newsreader Edwina Bartholomew told viewers on Thursday.

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“A shark has been spotted just over the breakers at Bondi Beach,” Bartholomew said of the video, which was taken this week and shared via the Instagram account Bondiripper.

“The stunning video starts up close, then zooms out.

“Have a look at how close he is to surfers and one of Australia’s most famous beaches.”

There are an average of 2.8 fatalities each year from shark attacks according to the Australian Shark-Incident Database.

On average, there are seven incidents in which the person is uninjured.

Three fatal shark attacks have been recorded this year, one in Queensland, one in South Australia and one in Western Australia.

The clip comes just days after a nine-year-old boy was attacked by a shark at Tathra Beach, on the NSW South Coast, on Thursday.

Bowie Daly told the ABC he felt a tug on his board.

“When I came back up, I saw a giant back and I realised it was a shark and then I started screaming for help,” he said.

Fortunately Bowie came away from the incident unscathed.