Horror moment rampaging sea lion chases terrified beachgoers as witness screams ‘get out of the water!’

A RAGING sea lion charged towards beachgoers who approached its pups sending them running away screaming.

It is thought the mammal was left furious after unwelcome humans got too close to its beloved pups in La Jolla Cove, San Francisco.

The video starts off with two women talking about the sea lion from afar, and its likeness to the surrounding grey rocks.

"It looks like a rock, it's so big! Get out of the water fat***," they joked.

Taunting beachgoers were then left terrified as the animal then hauled its way up onto the sand - almost meeting a little girl head on.

The massive sea lion, whose height exceeded some of the people in the one-minute-long video, growled as it asserted its dominance.

It is thought the sea lion may be female, explaining her territorial nature when it comes to guarding the pups.

The fuming animal got up after swimming a few lengths and violently stormed towards other swimmers to intimidate them.

Petrified, they raced across the perfectly blue shore in panic, to escape the wrath of the beast, watching the horror unfold from the sand.

One little girl wearing a dark blue swimsuit was particularly thrown off - with a man presumed to be her dad, calling her to safety as people screamed "Get out of the water!" in the distance.

Others stood to video the frightening scenes which took place on June 23, but the clip showed no injuries as the sea lion swam off.

La Jolla, is a quaint, rocky cove on San Diego's coastline which is filled with sea lions.

This comes after the brutal moment a sea lion mauled a shark in front of stunned beachgoers a stone's throw away in Monterey Bay.

The blubbery beast was caught on camera ripping out the blue shark's throat in the water south of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Shocking footage shows the sea lion flinging the shark out of the water.

It then tore out the beast's throat in an instant as they thrashed on the water's surface.

The epic moment was captured by Lori Hespe, who was on a whale-watching tour.

She told : "I have never seen anything like this before in my life. I was absolutely shocked and astounded.

"The attack carried on for approximately three minutes in total before it came to its brutal end.

"Sea lions are opportunistic feeders which means they go for easy meals. That can include squid, herring and even small sharks.

"A Steller sea lion bull can grow to 11 feet long and their weight can range up to 2500lbs in preparation for breeding.

"They are typically much larger than females and possess a raised forehead called the sagittal crest that creates a high peak crown."