Secret Harbour beach closed after shark sighting

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Wednesday, 20 February 2019 08:47

By Laura Grubisa

Two sharks were spotted at the beach, north of Mandurah.

UPDATE: Lifeguards have re-opened the beach.

Secret Harbour beach has been closed due to shark sightings this morning.

Two sharks were spotted off shore by the Surf Life Saving WA drone at 7:53am.

They were located around 400 metres from the shore.

Swimmers were evacuated from the water and lifeguards closed the beach until further notice.

#CLOSED Lifeguards have closed #mySecretHarbour due to a shark sighted by the SLSWA drone.
— Surf Life Saving WA (@SLSWA) February 19, 2019

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