New Videos Show Atlantis Bahamas Shark Tank Two Days Before Child Attacked

The Atlantis Bahamas resort shut down its shark tank after a child was attacked … and now we have an idea of how the excursion operated days before the tragedy.

A couple clips — obtained by TMZ — show guests heading down into one of the resort’s tanks last Saturday … just two days before a 10-year-old was attacked by one of the sharks.

Guests are all donning big white helmets while staff members are floating around in more traditional scuba suits — and the ratio seems a bit skewed, with a lot more guests than employees floating around.

And, check out how near the guests are getting to the underwater beasts … talk about up close and personal!

Our sources tell us … the tank’s got about 15-20 sharks with the largest measuring about eight feet. Three chaperones help the guests get into the water and walk around for about 20 minutes — before sending them back to the water park.

In terms of whether or not that’s safe … we can’t say for sure — we’re not experts on the subject … and this wasn’t taken at the time of the attack, so we don’t know if this is the same setup the resort had going Monday — what we do know is it look like a whole bunch of tourists getting real familiar with some massive sharks.

We broke the story … shocking video showed the aftermath of the brutal attack on a 10-year-old — with people screaming and what appeared to be employees in blue shirts running for help.

The Royal Bahamas Police Force said the boy — on vacation from Maryland — got bit on the right leg and was taken to the hospital … thankfully, he was in stable condition, and Atlantis shut down their tanks immediately.