{"id":279106,"date":"2026-02-11T18:28:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T18:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/279106\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T18:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T18:28:14","slug":"shark-spotted-swimming-inside-ocean-pool-at-popular-manly-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/279106\/","title":{"rendered":"Shark spotted swimming inside ocean pool at popular Manly beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is believed to be \ufeffa Dusky Whaler, a species of shark that can grow up to 3.5 metres in length.<\/p>\n<p>Dusky Whalers are not documented to be of serious threat, with few attacks attributable to the species.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Beaches Council \ufeffhave said there are no holes in the net and high tide may have contributed to the shark entering the pool.<\/p>\n<p>The beach has not been shut following the sighting. \ufeff<\/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":"It is believed to be \ufeffa Dusky Whaler, a species of shark that can grow up to 3.5&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[111,139,69,147,406],"class_list":{"0":"post-279106","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-newzealand","10":"tag-nz","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}