Paddle boarders surrounded by 15 great white sharks

Paddle-boarders were urged to get out of the sea after 15 great white sharks were spotted swimming towards them along the Southern California coast.

Video posted online by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department shows the sharks swimming near the group at Dana Point.

“You are paddle-boarding next to approximately 15 great white sharks,” Deputy Brian Stockbridge announced on a helicopter loudspeaker to people in the water.

“They are advising you exit the water in a calm manner. The sharks are as close as the surfline,” he added.

Warnings were posted for beaches up and down Southern California after shark sightings this week — including at San Onofre State Beach, where a woman was bitten by one on April 29. She was said to be recovering from wounds to part of her upper thigh.

Sightings are common on the coast but attacks are rare.