ADVANCE WARNING
Bondi Beach closes temporarily
Sydney — Hundreds of swimmers were ordered out of the water and Sydney’s Bondi Beach was briefly closed on January 2 after a shark was spotted.
What New South Wales police said may have been a bull shark was sighted 150 metres from the shore by a police helicopter off the popular eastern suburbs beach.
“We’ve had a lot of fish in the bay, and that’s part of sharks’ general routine. They eat fish, and they’re following the bait ball,” Bondi lifeguard Anthony Carroll said.
A bait ball is a densely packed school of fish that forms when they are threatened by predators. — AFP