Australia has once again come under the shark attack, with four incidents in just two days.
According to The Guardian, a surfer was taken to the hospital on Tuesday morning, January 20, after a shark attacked him off the coast of New South Wales’ Limeburners Creek National Park.
As per the local authorities, the 39-year-old sustained minor injuries and is hospitalised in stable condition.
The Surf Life Saving NSW chief executive, Steven Pearce, told the ABC, “If anyone’s thinking of heading into the surf this morning, anywhere along the northern beaches, think again.”
“We have such poor water quality that’s conducive to bull shark activity. We have two people critically injured in hospital this morning. Just go to a local pool, because at this stage, we’re advising that the beaches are unsafe,” he added.
The Port Macquarie Australian Lifeguard Service announced on social media that it has closed beaches between Town Beach and Crescent Head due to a “shark bite incident.”
It is worth noting that this was the fourth incident of shark attack along the NSM coast in 48 hours.
The Sydney region has also seen a spike in shark attacks in recent days after heavy rain.
A 12-year-old boy is still in the hospital after being attacked by the shark at Nielsen Park in Sydney on Sunday. While, on Monday, an 11-year-old surfer had his board bitten by a shark at Dee Why, and a 27-year-old man from Wollongong was seriously injured by a shark at Manly Beach in the evening.
