Five bronze whalers and three great white sharks spotted off Silver Sands Beach, near Aldinga
Police have issued a warning on after eight sharks were spotted close to shore near Aldinga on Sunday afternoon.
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A group of sharks have been spotted at a popular southern suburbs beach on Sunday afternoon.
Police issued a warning on social media about 12.30pm that a Surf Life Saving South Australia helicopter spotted eight 2m sharks about 200m north of Silver Sands Beach near Aldinga.
The sharks were seen swimming together about 250m offshore.
Five of the sharks were believed to be bronze whalers while three were great whites, 7 News reported.
The sightings come after reports of a great white shark seen on Friday about 12.45pm at Stokes Bay on Kangaroo Island.
That same day, five minutes later, another shark was seen just 100m from Glenelg Beach.
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