Swimmers have been rushed from the water after a shark was spotted swimming through part of Bondi Beach, forcing the beach to shut a day after chilling footage emerged of a great white shark swimming out the back of the same popular spot. <\/p>\n
The shark was spotted via a drone swimming through the northern region of Bondi Beach shortly before 7am on Wednesday. <\/p>\n
Bondi Beach has since been closed. <\/p>\n
SharkSmart NSW confirmed the shark sighting on Wednesday morning. <\/p>\n
\u201cBondi Beach lifeguards advise that Bondi Beach is currently closed due to shark sighting,\u201d a statement read. <\/p>\n
The shark sighting was also reported by Dorsal Watch, though it was unable to confirm the species of shark or its length. <\/p>\n
A loud alarm rang out across the beach, with swimmers and surfers scurrying out of the water and lifesavers rushing to get others to safety. <\/p>\n
Sunrise reports there was a large bait ball in the northern part of the beach, which attracted the great white shark. <\/p>\n
The fresh warning comes 11 days after a mum was mauled at a nearby beach.<\/p>\n
Drone Shark App posted the footage to social media on Tuesday, warning people salmon were gathering along the iconic beach when the shark emerged soon after.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt first, I wasn\u2019t completely certain, but I was about 90 per cent sure it was a white shark,\u201d the post stated.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter reviewing the 4K footage, that identification was confirmed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe lifeguards did a great job responding quickly and sounding the alarm to help keep everyone safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
The shark was filmed 11 days after Sydney mum Leah Stewart was attacked at Coogee Beach suffering catastrophic injuries.<\/p>\n
Her family issued a statement on Monday saying she remained hospitalised in a critical but stable condition after having her arm amputated.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a long road ahead for her and her family,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n
A GoFundMe page has been set up by her brother, Joshua Stewart, has raised more than $487,000.<\/p>\n
The primary school teacher and devoted mum continues to be treated at St Vincent\u2019s Hospital, having undergone \u201cextensive surgery\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Swimmers have been rushed from the water after a shark was spotted swimming through part of Bondi Beach,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[111,168183,139,69,147,406],"class_list":["post-492571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-new-zealand","tag-newswire-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492571","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=492571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}