A 39-year-old surfer was bitten by a shark at Point Plomer on Tuesday near Port Macquarie, which is 400 kilometers (248 miles) north of Sydney, according to ABC News, an Australian news agency.
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According to authorities, the victim suffered serious injuries, but beaches in Port Macquarie were closed on Tuesday following the attack, which was prompted by the government-run Shark Smart App, which listed numerous recent shark sightings near NSW beaches.
A 27-year-old man was taken to a hospital on Monday night after being attacked by a shark at a beach in the Sydney suburb of Manly, prompting Sydney’s Northern Beaches Council to shut down its beaches for at least 48 hours.
The shark bit a chunk out of his surfboard, but a young surfer from northern Sydney’s Dee Why beach, according to ABC, managed to escape an attack the same day.
A 12-year-old was seriously injured by a shark while swimming on a beach in eastern Sydney on Sunday, according to ABC.
Following the beach closures, Surf Life Saving New South Wales’ CEO Steven Pearce remarked to reporters, “Think of going for a local pool because at this point we’re advising that beaches are unsafe.”
Australians are enjoying their summer vacations, so Australian beaches have been particularly busy, but experts claim that recent heavy rains in Sydney have made for ideal conditions for shark attacks.
According to Chris Pepin-Neff, an expert on shark behavior and an academic, sewage run-off from rainwater has drawn in baitfish and sharks to coastal areas, while cracky water makes it difficult to see.
Source: Aljazeera
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