Massive 4.6 metre Great White shark netted off Maroubra Beach
A monster shark has been intercepted off one of Sydney’s busiest beaches. The 4.6 metre Great White was netted off Maroubra Beach on Monday afternoon.
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A massive 4.6 metre Great White Shark has been netted off a Sydney beach.
Government employees caught the creature in the shark nets off Maroubra Beach.
Fishing enthusiast Trapman Bermagui posted the amazing moment the Department of Primary Industries employee caught the shark on Facebook.
“A 4.6m Great White Shark was caught in the beach shark net,” he said.
“The tail alone was 2m tall, with the (pectoral) fins of over 1m.”
In the post, Mr Bermagui said he didn’t take the photo but was just sharing the amazing image.
Female Great Whites are typically between 4.5 to 6.4 metres while males are between 3.5 to 4 metres long.
According to the Australian Shark Attack File there have been four unprovoked shark attacks in NSW so far this year.
There have been 18 shark attacks in Australia — 13 of which were “unprovoked”.
So far one person has died from a shark attack.
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