Lol. Stubborn bikini sunbather refuses to move while beach wedding is held just feet away from her spot in the sand

A woman in a bikini was photographed lying just a few feet away from a wedding ceremony being held on the beach and it was claimed that she refused to move away.

The sunbather is believed to have arrived there first to soak in the sun before the wedding party arrived to use the same space for their ceremony.

The photo of the bikini-clad woman lying just face down on a beach towel while wedding guests are gathered near her feet as they watch a couple exchange their vows on the beach in Port Willunga, near Adelaide, Australia, was captured by a local woman and it was posted on Instagram.

It was captioned: "That awkward moment when a beach wedding interrupts your sun tanning session..."

The photo quickly went viral and some social media users accused the woman of spoiling an intimate ceremony as she worked on her tan. Others just found it hilarious while some came to the woman's defence.

One Instagram user wrote: "Ain’t nothing stop me from tanning."

Another user posted: "Maybe that was the bride."

And someone else wrote: "Looks like a really big empty stretch of beach. If the tanner was already there, plenty of op to set up elsewhere. I wouldn't move either."

The woman who snapped the photo told Daily Mail Australia that she assumed the sunbather was asleep while the wedding was taking place nearby.

She added: "She was just one metre away, it was pretty funny."

It is still unclear whether the woman was aware that a wedding was taking place just behind her.