A beach at Halls Head was closed after a five metre great white shark was spotted feeding off a whale carcass.
UPDATE 7:08am
Cont - shark sighted 30m offshore , sharks attracted by whale carcass in shallows Halls Head Beach, Mandurah. Reported 07:00hrs 11/09
— Surf Life Saving WA (@SLSWA) September 10, 2017
The City of Mandurah said the situation will be reassessed on Monday morning.
The beach was closed yesterday afternoon with Surf Life Saving WA saying the whale carcass will wash up near Doddies Beach.
"The shark was tagged and released 4km offhsore."
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