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A shark ADVICE has been issued due to a whale stranding being reported at Naval Memorial Park in the City of Rockingham.
Update on 11 December at 2:30 pm
Services have been restored to the land-based Shark Warning System (tower) at Cove Surf Break, Cottesloe.
Switch on your Sea Sense and stay informed of shark activity information by checking the SharkSmart website, download the SharkSmart WA app or follow Surf Life Saving WA Twitter.
If you see a shark, report it to Water Police on 9442 8600.
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A shark ADVICE has been issued due to a whale carcass being reported at Two Peoples Bay Beach east of Albany.
Update on 3 November at 12:35pm
The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) advise that the Sorrento shark monitoring receiver has been damaged and is out of operation until further notice.
Restoration of the service will require a maintenance crew to replace the receiver.
Switch on your Sea Sense and stay informed of shark activity information by checking the SharkSmart website, download the SharkSmart WA app or follow Surf Life Saving WA Twitter.
If you see a shark, report it to Water Police on 9442 8600.
Update on 30 August at 3:00pm
The technical fault impacting shark activity information from being automatically published on Surf Life Saving WA’s (SLSWA) Twitter feed has been partially restored.
Tagged shark detections from the Shark Monitoring Network are now being automatically published on @SLSWA Twitter feed.
Reported shark sightings continue to be affected by the fault.
All reported shark sighting notifications and tagged shark detections are available by checking the SharkSmart website or by downloading the SharkSmart WA app.
If you see a shark, report it to Water Police on 9442 8600.
Update on 4 December at 07:00 am
Services have been restored to the land-based Shark Warning System (tower) at West Beach, Esperance.
Switch on your Sea Sense and stay informed of shark activity information by checking the SharkSmart website, download the SharkSmart WA app or follow Surf Life Saving WA Twitter.
If you see a shark, report it to Water Police on 9442 8600.
Update on 21 November at 12:10 pm
Officers from the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) have inspected the area where the whale carcass was located at Boullanger Island and have advised that it is no longer in place.
Additional caution is recommended by the DPIRD, as residue from where the carcass was beached may still attract sharks to the area.
Switch on your Sea Sense and stay informed of shark activity information by checking the SharkSmart website, download the SharkSmart WA app or follow Surf Life Saving WA Twitter.
If you see a shark, report it to Water Police on 9442 8600
Update on Tuesday 14 November at 1:30 pm
Scheduled maintenance of the Shark Monitoring Network has been completed.
The Sorrento shark monitoring receiver remains offline.
Tagged shark detection information has been reviewed during the time of the outage and no detections occurred during this period.
Switch on your Sea Sense and stay informed of shark activity information by checking the SharkSmart website, download the SharkSmart WA app or follow Surf Life Saving WA Twitter.
If you see a shark, report it to Water Police on 9442 8600.
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A shark WARNING has been issued for Peak Island near Exmouth after a reported shark incident.
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A shark WARNING has been issued for Back Beach, Bunbury in the City of Bunbury after an increased number of reported tagged shark detections.