Shark sighted at popular northern NSW surfing beach
A shark has been sighted at a popular break near the Queensland border, less than a week after a surfer was killed by a great white on the Gold Coast. SEE THE VIDEO
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A shark has been sighted at a popular break in northern New South Wales, less than a week after a surfer was killed by a great white on the Gold Coast.
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The predator was spotted swimming in what appears to be shallow water between Ballina and Evans Head, in northern New South Wales.
Both beaches are surfing hot spots.
A video of the shark was posted to Instagram by Madison Stewart (@sharkgirlmadison) who said she “filmed this beauty this morning (Monday)”.
“Let’s steer clear of Ballina/Evans Heads surf breaks for a little while folks,” she wrote.
“Dead whale has attracted some sharks.”
The whale carcass in question had washed into Patches Beach in Ballina after the animal died in shallow waters on Friday last week.
The carcass – 17m long and weighing up to 60 tones – had attracted at least two other sharks since Friday, including one tagged white pointer.
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It comes less than a week after Gold Coast man Nick Slater, 46, was mauled to death by a Great white shark at Greenmount Beach on the Gold Coast.
It was the first fatal shark attack since a controversial shark net was introduced to the beach in the 1960s.
Two tiger sharks were caught in drum lines near Greenmount beach in the hours after the attack, according the Queensland fisheries.
