{"id":532718,"date":"2026-03-11T06:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T06:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/532718\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T06:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T06:41:09","slug":"sharks-reportedly-spotted-swimming-inside-netted-zone-at-popular-sydney-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/532718\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks reportedly spotted swimming inside netted zone at popular Sydney beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The baths at a popular beach on Sydney&#8217;s Lower North Shore have been closed after two sharks were reportedly sighted close to shore.<\/p>\n<p>Two sharks were \ufeffreportedly sighted swimming within the netted area of Balmoral Beach in Mosman early this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The baths have been shut as a precaution.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/5002ee58-8b98-4a1c-9808-6287a851e750.jpeg\"   alt=\"Two sharks were reportedly spotted swimming in the netted zone. \"\/>Two sharks were reportedly spotted swimming in the netted zone.  (Nine)<\/p>\n<p>A Mosman council spokesperson said a diver is now inspecting the area in and around the baths for signs of sharks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Warning signs have also been placed on the shore and barricades placed in front of the baths to alert members of the public,&#8221; a Mosman council spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/f6067a2c-5be5-4d3d-965f-bf436a4f4747.jpeg\"   alt=\"The beach has been shut as a precaution.\"\/>The beach has been shut as a precaution. (Nine)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nets in the area were inspected in the past month as part of routine maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Further inspections will take place once the water quality improves, as it is presently murky.<\/p>\n<p>NEVER MISS A STORY: Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The baths at a popular beach on Sydney&#8217;s Lower North Shore have been closed after two sharks were&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[64,63,128,338],"class_list":["post-532718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}