Two sharks spotted circling popular Spanish beach as lifeguard urges swimmers to get out of water
Two sharks were spotted in the waters of a popular Spanish beach
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A pair of sharks were spotted close to a Spanish beach this week, causing the lifeguards to order swimmers to shore.
Tourists were forced to flee to land at Port de la Selva beach, in the northeast of Catalunya.
The two sharks were seen moving closer to the popular beach on Monday.
Beachgoers alerted the lifeguards when they saw the fins of the predators in the water, who issued a red flag alert .
Swimmers were forced to flee to the safety of Port de la Selva beach
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When searches for the sharks were unsuccessful, the red flag was lowered and swimmers returned to the water.
However, half-an-hour later another sighting of the creatures sent people fleeing to the safety of land once more.
The creatures were believed to be blue sharks. They rarely bite humans but lifeguards still raised the red flag to be cautious.
They normally swim in cold water however with rising sea temperatures, the sharks are searching for different areas to swim in which are cooler.
Swimmers were forced to flee when two sharks were spotted
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The news comes only a day after another shark was spotted in Southern France.
A two-metre (6.56ft) shark was prowling the waters of Le Barcarès, a beachside area bordering the mediterranean sea.
The chief lifeguard on the beach, David Simian, said that they ordered the evacuation of the beach as a precautionary measure when they noticed a dark shape moving under the water.
The lifeguards raised the red flag to give beachgoers plenty of time to evacuate.
He said: “Lifeguards took a boat out and saw it was a shark. It was a blue shark that is no threat to humans."
Earlier this month, another shark was spotted on a different Spanish beach.
Both British tourists and locals were enjoying the cool waters of a beach in Torremolinos, Malaga when they noticed the dark shadowy shape of a beast under the water.
Swimmers darted out of the water to find safety on the shores as the shark’s fin pierced out of the water.
It was the fifth similar sighting reported in a month.
In Spain, there have been just two registered cases of shark bites in 400 years, both were non-fatal.
In France, only five shark attacks have been reported since 1847, according to the International Shark Attack File.
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