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A pair of lucky beachgoers have been filmed snorkelling with a school of up to 40 hammerhead sharks off the West Australian coast.

Video producer Scott Slawinski filmed the remarkable drone footage of Friday morning in the ocean off Rockingham, south of Perth.

His two friends freediving instructor Kyra Andrijich and travel agent Jess McGilvray were the lucky pair of snorkelers who also filmed the encounter from the water. 

A pair of lucky beachgoers have been filmed snorkelling with a school of up to 40 hammerhead sharks off the West Australian coast 

'To my knowledge this hasn't been done before so we planned carefully around wind and weather,' Mr Slawinski told Daily Mail Australia.

'Looking at the forecast it was perfect for Friday so we planned it for about three days and the forecast was 100 per cent spot on. Zero wind and good visibility,' he said.

Mr Slawinski, who also runs courses training people how to pilot drones, said that he spent about 20 minutes looking for a school of sharks.

'Once the drone located a school of about 40 hammerheads, the girls had to swim over half a kilometre to get to them.'

'They approached cautiously using the drone as guidance and from that point they had 30 minutes with the sharks, who weren't bothered by their presence at all. They didn't seem phased, didn't scatter and seemed to swim normally, even underneath the snorkelers.'

'Once the drone located a school of about 40 hammerheads, the girls had to swim over half a kilometre to get to them,' video producer Scott Slawinski said 

In the footage the two women can be seen floating about a large group of the sharks who appear to be calm in the presence of the unusual visitors.

One of the lucky snorkelers, Jess McGilvray, said that swimming with hammerheads is something that she has always wanted to do.

'Swimming with hammerheads is something I've wanted to do for some time. Other places in the world you can do it but you need a dive ticket and it's really expensive. I spent my childhood in Rockingham so it was amazing to do it there,' she told The West Australian.

'We had the drone so I felt safe. Groups of snorkellers had scared them away previously. They can be timid and skittish so you just go slow on the top of the water and go gently. I was just so excited and happy. So many emotions. We can't stop smiling the whole day,' she said. 

His two friends freediving instructor Kyra Andrijich and travel agent Jess McGilvray were the lucky pair of snorkelers