NSRI, lifeguards and local
authorities are appealing to the public to be cautious in the Cape St Francis
and St Francis Bay coastline, and the area coastline between at least up to the
Tsitsikamma and Port Elizabeth coastlines, after a number of sharks, believed to
be White sharks, have been spotted in the surf line at Cape St Francis main
swimming beach.
“This is an urgent cautionary
appeal to bathers and surfers specifically at Cape St Francis main swimming
beach that extends for the duration of this weekend,” the NSRI said on Facebook.
NSIR added that increased inshore shark
activity is normal at this time of the year, “The reasons for the greater
number of sharks present at Cape St Francis main swimming beach is not known
although it may be related to the normal inshore shark behaviour that happens
at this time of the year.”
Lifeguards and NSRI St Francis
Bay crew will make an effort to attend at Cape St Francis main swimming beach
to appeal to bathers not to enter the water at Cape St Francis main beach over
this weekend but we are also appealing to the public to take heed of this shark
alert, NSIR said.
SOURCE: NSIR Facebook Page
