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Huge bluefin tuna leaps from the sea feet from surfers in video so incredible viewers think it is AI

From the Newshound archive · first published 28 September 2026.

Huge bluefin tuna leaps from the sea feet from surfers in video so incredible viewers think it is AI

Jacob Waller, 23, manager of Newquay Activity Centre, filmed the extraordinary moment at Fistral Beach in Cornwall during a surfing class last Tuesday. The bluefin tuna launched almost completely airborne as it snapped up a mackerel mid-leap during what Waller described as a 'feeding frenzy'. The footage spread rapidly online, with many convinced it was computer-generated until Waller confirmed it was genuine.

Bluefin tuna have made a dramatic return to British waters after near-disappearance in the 1990s, driven back by international conservation efforts.

Waller said: 'It is real — they are in our waters, these bluefin tuna. They're here around mid-summer to late autumn.'

One X user joked: 'Makes you think the tins should be bigger somehow.'

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