Board rider shares photos of bite mark, teeth after shark attack at Tweed Coast beach
A four-metre great white has reportedly been sighted off one of the Gold Coast’s most popular family swimming spots after witnesses further south say a “tank” of a shark was behind an attack on a foil surfboard at a popular Tweed Coast beach this week. SEE THE PHOTOS
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A four-metre great white has reportedly been sighted off one of the Gold Coast’s most popular family swimming spots on Thursday afternoon following a warning to surfers a few kilometres south.
The shark was seen ‘circling’ in the Tallebudgera Creek mouth, south of Burleigh Headland, just after 1pm, according to Dorsal Shark Reports.
It comes as surfers are being warned to stay out of the water at a popular Tweed Coast beach after another terrifying shark encounter.
Photos of a foil surfboard with what appear to be shark bite marks have been shared on Facebook by a Cabarita woman Linda Sinclair.
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“Don’t go surfing at Caba (Cabarita) headland,” she posted on Wednesday night.
“Big shark attacked foil … all ok but scary.
“All three guys involved with the attack said it was about 3-4 metre . (Bite marks) Must be one of its inside teeth???
Cabarita was the scene of this week’s Tweed Coast Pro World Surf League event, starring the likes of former world champion Tyler Wright who won the women’s division.
The contest had to be halted on the first day due to a large shark stalking the line-up.
The WSL deployed jet skis and drones to chase the shark out of the area.
The popular break is about 20km south of Greenmount, where Gold Coast real estate agent Nick Slater was fatally mauled by a 3.5m great white during a late afternoon surf session last week.
A shark sighting forced the closure of southern Gold Coast beaches on Tuesday as large schools of baitfish turned the water black.
Foil surf boards are equipped with large metal fins, allowing surfers to skim across the water at high speed, and are booming in popularity.
Shark monitoring service Dorsal Shark Reports said a monster great white measuring 4-5m was seen at Cabarita at 5.08pm on Wednesday.
“A tank,” the service said of the shark. “Swam through line-up and under surfers.”