Six sharks surround diver before one bites mask off his face in shocking footage

A diver had a lucky escape when a shark bit the mask off his face.



Peter Schneider was diving in Rangiroa, French Polynesia, when his group were suddenly surrounded by six silvertip sharks.



Footage of the incident shows one of the divers sat on the coral, when one of the predators approaches from the side and, opening its jaws wide, bites down on his goggles.



After removing the mask from his head, the diver manages to swim to relative safety as the apparently aggressive sharks continue to swim around the reef and the group.