{"id":629628,"date":"2026-04-25T08:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T08:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/629628\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T08:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T08:38:09","slug":"dead-whale-washes-up-at-royal-national-park-beaches-closed-due-to-shark-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/629628\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead whale washes up at Royal National Park, beaches closed due to shark risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Staff reporter<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"article-datetime\" class=\"sc-5cbbddda-5 hxoHkT\">April 25, 2026 \u2014 4:26pm<\/p>\n<p>Save<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-d1b14060-4 JmUoF\">You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n<p>Remove items from your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/goodfood\/saved\" class=\"sc-3f16ee48-12 sc-d1b14060-2 jyLmZI iQLtAb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-369d9219-1 bOiPYX\">Save this article for later<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-369d9219-2 bufJxo\">Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime.<\/p>\n<p>Got it<\/p>\n<p>AAA<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The whale on the rocks at Era beach in the Royal National Park, south of Sydney. \" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/c8e5a877c4fdbd62866ad732dbda43f650ec730e.jpeg\"  class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"\/>The whale on the rocks at Era beach in the Royal National Park, south of Sydney.  Surf Life Saving NSW<\/p>\n<p>Several beaches south of Sydney have been closed after a dead whale washed up onto the shore, posing a shark risk.<\/p>\n<p>The whale washed up on rocks at Era in Sydney\u2019s Royal National Park, with Anzac Day beachgoers told to stay out of the water.<\/p>\n<p>All beaches in the area are closed, including Garie, Wattamolla, Era and Burning Palms.<\/p>\n<p>The whale was initially reported by patrolling members from Era Surf Life Saving Club, at the southern end of the beach on the rocks.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear which species of whale it is.<\/p>\n<p>Get to the heart of what\u2019s happening with climate change and the environment. <a class=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/newsletter-signup?newsletter=environment\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for our fortnightly Environment newsletter.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Save<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-d1b14060-4 JmUoF\">You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n<p>Remove items from your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/goodfood\/saved\" class=\"sc-3f16ee48-12 sc-d1b14060-2 jyLmZI iQLtAb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n<p>From our partners<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Staff reporter April 25, 2026 \u2014 4:26pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[64,63,128,338],"class_list":["post-629628","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\/629628","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=629628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}