60 Sharks Spotted on Australia Popular Swimming
Kamis, 31 Desember 2015 - 10:47 WIB
60 Sharks Spotted on Australia Popular Swimming
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SYDNEY - This news is not encouraging turn of the New Year's holiday season. More than 60 sharks have been spotted near popular swimming spots on the New South Wales (NSW) coast, Australia in the past two days.
Swimmers were kept out of the water at Jervis Bay when more than 30 sharks, believed to be bronze whalers, were seen in the shallows. The sharks were estimated to be between 2.5 and 3.5 metres long.
There is deep unease about sharks in northern New South Wales. Here are some facts to keep in mind. A surfer also reported a shark sighting at Port Kembla Beach on Tuesday afternoon. When the aerial patrol responded, it spotted a hammerhead shark in the beach area, and another five sharks nearby.
Windang Beach was closed while beachgoers waited for a number of sharks to move offshore, while five hammerheads were also spotted at Warilla. The aerial patrol is providing daily beach surveillance until the end of January.
On Friday, police and lifeguards released a statement that said beaches in the Ballina Shire would remain closed until at least 6:00pm on Sunday. They said there had been several more shark sightings over the past few days and there were large numbers of bait fish in the water which attracts the animals.
Meanwhile, on the Sydney coast, lifeguards cleared the water at Bondi Beach in Sydney's eastern suburbs after a shark was sighted in the water on Friday afternoon. The alarm was set off when beachgoers spotted the shark in the northern corner of the beach.
The same day a surfing competition at Manly in Sydney's northern beaches was also interrupted after a fin was spotted in the water, closing the beach. A five metre shark closed Newcastle beaches for at least nine days in January.
Swimmers were kept out of the water at Jervis Bay when more than 30 sharks, believed to be bronze whalers, were seen in the shallows. The sharks were estimated to be between 2.5 and 3.5 metres long.
There is deep unease about sharks in northern New South Wales. Here are some facts to keep in mind. A surfer also reported a shark sighting at Port Kembla Beach on Tuesday afternoon. When the aerial patrol responded, it spotted a hammerhead shark in the beach area, and another five sharks nearby.
Windang Beach was closed while beachgoers waited for a number of sharks to move offshore, while five hammerheads were also spotted at Warilla. The aerial patrol is providing daily beach surveillance until the end of January.
On Friday, police and lifeguards released a statement that said beaches in the Ballina Shire would remain closed until at least 6:00pm on Sunday. They said there had been several more shark sightings over the past few days and there were large numbers of bait fish in the water which attracts the animals.
Meanwhile, on the Sydney coast, lifeguards cleared the water at Bondi Beach in Sydney's eastern suburbs after a shark was sighted in the water on Friday afternoon. The alarm was set off when beachgoers spotted the shark in the northern corner of the beach.
The same day a surfing competition at Manly in Sydney's northern beaches was also interrupted after a fin was spotted in the water, closing the beach. A five metre shark closed Newcastle beaches for at least nine days in January.
(rnz)
