SHARK sightings are common at this time of the year — but a seven-metre (23') great white spotted at Marino Rocks on Sunday, forcing the evacuation of swimmers, has really caused a stir. Surf Lifesaving Australia says the huge shark — about the same size as the fictional monster that terrorised folk in the Jaws movies — was seen about 200m offshore at Marino Rocks. The Westpac Lifesaver Rescue helicopter tried to herd the shark out to sea and it made its way in to deeper water and has not been seen again.
Police were alerted by surf lifesavers and participants at a junior Surf Life Saving Carnival at nearby Seacliff beach were cleared from the water. “It’s the biggest I’ve ever seen as a crew member in the Westpac chopper. We put it down as 7m the photo really doesn’t do it justice,” an unnamed crew member wrote on the Facebook page of Shark Alerts SA. Shark Alerts said a jetboat was used to compare the size and the shark was bigger.
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Police were alerted by surf lifesavers and participants at a junior Surf Life Saving Carnival at nearby Seacliff beach were cleared from the water. “It’s the biggest I’ve ever seen as a crew member in the Westpac chopper. We put it down as 7m the photo really doesn’t do it justice,” an unnamed crew member wrote on the Facebook page of Shark Alerts SA. Shark Alerts said a jetboat was used to compare the size and the shark was bigger.
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