SA Police alert beachgoers of 3m Great White Shark sighting at Largs Beach on Boxing Day
A Great White Shark has been spotted at a popular beach in Adelaide’s west on Boxing Day.
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Beachgoers on a popular beach in Adelaide’s west have been warned after a shark was spotted in the water on Thursday afternoon.
SA Police took to X (formerly Twitter) on Boxing Day around 2.30pm to alert those who are thinking about taking a dip at Largs Beach at Largs Bay - about 17kms west of Adelaide - of the shark sighting.
“A 3-metre Great White shark has been spotted 100m offshore at Largs Beach, moving West,” they wrote in the post.
Since October, shark sightings have been reported at a rate of more than once a day.
That includes reports of 3-4m great whites spotted as close as 100m from shore at Maslin Beach, Port Noarlunga and Aldinga.
But it was Grange that topped the list as busiest beach in the state for sightings, official figures from the department of primary industries show.
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