{"id":415841,"date":"2026-02-09T06:19:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T06:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/415841\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T06:19:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T06:19:12","slug":"no-further-sightings-of-crocodile-at-sentosa-suspension-of-water-activities-lifted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/415841\/","title":{"rendered":"No further sightings of crocodile at Sentosa; suspension of water activities lifted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE: Water activities at Sentosa have resumed after the Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC) said on Sunday (Feb 8) that there had been no further sightings of a crocodile near the island.<\/p>\n<p>The crocodile was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/crocodile-sentosa-beaches-siloso-palawan-tanjong-search-5898686\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">first spotted<\/a> in the waters off Sentosa Cove on Jan 31, and the activities were suspended at Sentosa&#8217;s Siloso, Palawan and Tanjong beaches as a precautionary measure following the sighting.<\/p>\n<p>This caused <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/crocodile-sentosa-beach-visitors-disappointed-5899021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">concern and disappointment<\/a> among beachgoers.<\/p>\n<p>SDC has since been conducting daily surveillance and coordinated patrols with the National Parks Board (NParks), said an SDC spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Based on the current assessment, water activities, including swimming, kayaking and organised events, can resume with immediate effect,&#8221; the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the public are, however, advised to adhere strictly to safety signage and instructions on the ground and to report any sightings of or encounters with a crocodile to <a href=\"https:\/\/avs.nparks.gov.sg\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">NParks&#8217; Animal Response Centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson said that SDC will continue to work closely with relevant authorities to ensure public safety, adding that it will take further action if the situation changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SINGAPORE: Water activities at Sentosa have resumed after the Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC) said on Sunday (Feb 8)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[4823,29846,90,150498,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-415841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-beach","tag-crocodile","tag-science","tag-sentosa","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}