Shark alarm sounds at Bondi Beach after SECOND sighting in as many days – and more than a week after a mother was attacked at nearby swimming spot
Early morning swimmers and surfers at Australia’s most famous beach have rushed from the water after a shark was spotted.
The shark alarm rang out at Sydney’s Bondi Beach shortly before 7am on Wednesday after a great white was sighted at the northern end.
It was spotted by a member of the public who had been flying a drone over the area, Channel Seven’s Sunrise reported.
Lifeguards ordered swimmers to shore as a boat patrolled the deserted waters.
It comes hours after footage shared to social media by Drone Shark App on Tuesday showed a 3m great white just metres away from swimmers and surfers at Bondi.
‘At first, I wasn’t completely certain, but I was about 90 per cent sure it was a white shark,’ the footage was captioned.
‘After reviewing the 4K footage, that identification was confirmed.’
It is currently unclear whether Wednesday’s sighting was the same shark.
A boat is seen patrolling Bondi Beach after a great white shark was spotted
The latest sighting was hours after a great white shark was spotting lurking at Bondi
The incident has renewed calls for increased shark surveillance measures along the NSW coastline, prompting calls for an emergency shark summit.
Sydney mother Leah Stewart, 35, remains in hospital in a critical but stable condition, 11 days after she was mauled by a great white shark at nearby Coogee Beach in Sydney’s east.
Sydneysiders flocked to the water at Coogee on Sunday in a show of solidarity for Ms Stewart and the eastern suburbs community.
NSW Premier Chris Minns revealed on Wednesday that year-round drone surveillance will be rolled out at Sydney’s biggest beaches and tourist hotspots along the north and south coasts.
But he has currently no plans to hold an emergency shark summit.
‘We don’t have plans to do a summit but that doesn’t mean we’re going to put our head in the sand and not listen to experts, who can give us a better way of mitigating shark attacks or preventing interactions between swimmers and surfers and sharks,’ he told Sunrise.
‘We’re going to unveil some practical measures that we think can make a big difference, particularly in relation to drone technology and nets.
‘I can’t promise that there won’t be further attacks.
‘I can’t promise that great whites won’t interact with swimmers, but I think we can mitigate the number on some of our most popular beaches, and obviously we need to.’
