Cottesloe Beach in Perth, Australia, was temporarily closed after a 1.5 meter bronze whaler shark was spotted swimming inside the shark net designed to protect swimmers.
One of Perth 's most popular swimming beaches has been closed after a shark was spotted circling inside a barrier designed to keep sharks out. Swimmers at Cottesloe Beach were told to get out of the water about 7:30am, after a 1.5 metre bronze whaler shark was spotted about 60 metres offshore, inside the shark net.The alarm was raised by a swimmer who had an unexpected close encounter with the shark this morning.He said after realising it was a shark he jumped out and reported it to lifeguards.
'The beach has been cleared, it's an interesting one.' Ms Iannello said.'It's quite a big one I'm amazed it actually got in,' she said.But she said it would not stop her swimming in the net in the future
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