Florida swimmer startled by shark at Panama City Beach: 'You're fine!'

Shark startles swimmer at Florida beach

A Florida woman was shocked when she noticed a shark swimming near her at Panama City Beach.

PANAMA CITY, Fla. - A shark was spotted at Panama City Beach swimming near a startled swimmer.

The backstory:

Footage from the tour operator, Flippin’ Awesome Adventures, shows a woman shouting in the water as the shark swims near her.

"You’re fine, you’re fine," the person filming shouts reassuringly.

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The source wrote on Instagram that the shark "looked like a blacktip, one of our common coastal species."

What they're saying:

"Remember: this is their home. The Gulf is home to lots of shark species, and humans…We’re definitely not on the menu," they said.

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According to the Florida Museum of Natural History, blacktip sharks are in the Atlantic during their seasonal migration and range from Massachusetts to Brazil, but their center of abundance is in the Gulf and Caribbean Sea.