Pro surfers plucked from water after shark scare at Margaret River
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A year after the Margaret River Pro was abandoned due to shark attacks in the area, surfers have been plucked from the water during a quarter final after a shark was spotted behind Main Break.
Surfers Seth Moniz and Kolohe Andino were called in midway through their quarter-final. Jet-skis picked the pair up, and the heat was delayed for around 20 minutes while officials waited for the shark to move on.
“We just spotted a shark in the water, it was spotted by a surfer, a free surfer at first and then by a drone,” World Surf League commissioner Renato Hickel said. “We took the surfers out of the water by jet ski and we are assessing the situation. It (the shark) is swimming out and as soon we are confident we can restart we will.”
Once the surfers re-entered the water Hickel said he was ‘confident with the safety procedures in place’ which included seven jet skis.
Article source: http://watoday.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/joe-stimson-is-a-hero-this-week-but-knows-his-melbourne-storm-season-could-end-early-20170814-gxvmqy.html
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