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A surfer was bitten by a shark on Tuesday, the fourth attack in three days off the coast of Australia’s most populous state.
The shark attacked the man’s surfboard at Point Plomer, 460 kilometers (290 miles) to the north. new south wales around 9 a.m. in the state capital, officials said.
Kempsey Crescent Surf Life Saving Club captain Matt Worrall said the man was lucky to have survived with only minor injuries.
“The board seemed to bear most of the impact. He climbed ashore himself and was helped by locals,” Worrall told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Bystanders took the 39-year-old man to hospital, where he was later released.
In an earlier attack, a man and a boy suffered serious leg injuries and another boy’s surfboard was bitten by a shark. Sydney Location Sunday and Monday.
beach Fishing vessels on the New South Wales north coast and north of Sydney were closed indefinitely following the attack, with electronic drums deployed off Sydney’s coast to alert authorities if a large shark takes a bait.
Authorities have warned that recent rainfall has turned the water murky near the region’s beaches, increasing the risk of bull shark attacks. Bull sharks are responsible for most attacks around Sydney.
“If anyone is thinking of surfing anywhere on the northern beaches this morning, please think again. We have poor water quality and that does favor bull shark activity,” Surf Life Saving NSW chief executive Steve Pearce said.
“If you want to go swimming, go to your local pool as we advise beaches are not safe at this stage,” Peace added.
A 12-year-old boy was attacked on Sunday after jumping from a 6-metre (20-foot) jumping platform near Shark Beach in Sydney Harbor. police They believe the boy’s friend saved his life by jumping from a cliff and dragging him back to shore during the attack.
“The actions of these young men were brave in the circumstances and for these boys the injuries they sustained were very serious,” the sergeant said. Joseph McNulty said.
News outlets reported that the boy lost both legs in the attack.
An 11-year-old boy was attacked by a shark on his surfboard at Dee Why Beach, north of Manly, about midday on Monday. The shark bit off a piece of the board but the boy escaped uninjured.
Police said a surfer in his 20s was bitten on the leg by a shark near North Steyn Beach on the Pacific coast in Manly’s northern suburbs about 6.20pm on Monday. Bystanders pulled him from the water and he was taken by ambulance to hospital in a critical condition.
All three of Sydney’s beaches have some form of shark netting. It is unclear where the attacks related to this network occurred.
Pierce said the site of the latest attack was isolated and had no shark netting.
Dee Why beach is close to the beach where a 57-year-old surfer was killed by a suspected white shark last September.
In November, a 25-year-old Swiss tourist was killed while swimming in a national park north of Sydney and her partner was seriously injured while trying to save her.