A diver has been injured after being bitten by a shark during a morning swim off Tasmania\u2019s\u00a0Bruny\u00a0Island.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Emergency crews were called to Coal Point at Adventure Bay shortly after 9am on Saturday following reports a man had been attacked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tasmania Police said the victim, understood to be a 31-year-old man, suffered a bite to his forearm.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout 9.10am, police received reports that a person had been bitten by a shark on the forearm,\u201d Tasmania Police said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe person is receiving medical treatment at the scene for what are believed to be non-life-threatening injuries.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019d like to thank the public for their assistance at the scene.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Authorities have warned swimmers and divers in the area to remain cautious following the encounter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A Tasmanian Government warning said the shark involved was estimated to be about two metres long.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe attack … involved a shark estimated at two meters in length. It is not described as a white pointer,\u201d the\u00a0Tasmanian Government\u00a0warning said\u00a0on social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The incident is the latest in a series of shark encounters reported across Australia this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In June, teacher Leah Stewart suffered serious injuries after being attacked by a suspected great white shark while swimming at\u00a0Coogee\u00a0Beach in Sydney\u2019s east.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The shark was estimated to be about 3.5 metres long and the attack occurred around 20 to 30 metres offshore.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Several beaches across Sydney\u2019s eastern suburbs were closed in response, including\u00a0Coogee, Bondi and Maroubra.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Weeks earlier, diver Daniel Turpin was killed in a shark attack off Western Australia\u2019s southern coast.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 35-year-old was spearfishing with family near Michaelmas Island, off Albany, when he was bitten by a suspected 4.5-metre shark.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, New South Wales experienced a series of shark attacks within\u00a0a short period, including the death of 12-year-old Nico Antic.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nico was attacked by a bull shark while jumping from rocks with friends near Nielsen Park in Sydney\u2019s east in January.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was taken to hospital with severe injuries to both legs but died\u00a0almost a\u00a0week later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A diver has been injured after being bitten by a shark during a morning swim off Tasmania\u2019s\u00a0Bruny\u00a0Island.\u00a0 Emergency…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43886,43885,43929,43896,43916,43905,34771,43922,43913,43920,37742,41327,41324,43893,41323,37420,43933,43908,40365,37929,37531,43892,43901,37726,43918,43902,43899,43907,43891,43912,41320,20545,43928,43904,22,23,21,43100,43915,43930,41328,41332,21505,14444,43917,25222,43921,25224,43887,37840,41878,3052,1819,43888,39,43890,36788,29048,37599,43919,25225,43895,355,8147,43903,43910,13229,43900,3298,34917,1047,3079,12333,43924,16821,43923,43926,43894,4968,27742,43931,43914,1981,42774,106,43925,18461,247,5247,1824,43927,10202,43932,43911,36643,40726,39868,43906,43897,36531,41106,41244,37118,37168,41313,43883,43898,37493,43884,43909,39096,43889,10601,353],"class_list":["post-53474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-s-bruny","tag-s-bruny-island","tag-s-east","tag-s-eastern-suburbs","tag-s-forearm","tag-s-southern-coast","tag-nielsen-park","tag-12-year-old-nico-antic","tag-20-to-30-metres","tag-9-10am","tag-9am","tag-a-31-year-old-man","tag-a-bite","tag-a-bull-shark","tag-a-diver","tag-a-man","tag-a-morning","tag-a-morning-swim","tag-a-person","tag-a-series","tag-a-shark","tag-a-shark-attack","tag-a-short-period","tag-a-statement","tag-a-suspected-4-5-metre-shark","tag-a-suspected-great-white-shark","tag-a-tasmanian-government-warning","tag-a-white-pointer","tag-about-3-5-metres","tag-about-two-metres","tag-adventure-bay","tag-albany","tag-almost-a-week","tag-almost-anbspweek","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-austrlia","tag-authorities","tag-bondi-and-maroubra","tag-both-legs","tag-bruny-island","tag-coal-point","tag-coogee","tag-coogee-beach","tag-coogeenbspbeach","tag-daniel-turpin","tag-david-killick","tag-diver","tag-diver-daniel-turpin","tag-earlier-this-year","tag-emergency-crews","tag-family","tag-friends","tag-his-forearm","tag-hospital","tag-january","tag-june","tag-leah-stewart","tag-length","tag-medical-treatment","tag-michaelmas-island","tag-morning-swim","tag-new-south-wales","tag-newswire","tag-newswire-nikki-short","tag-nico","tag-nico-antic","tag-nikki-short","tag-non-life-threatening-injuries","tag-picture","tag-police","tag-reports","tag-response","tag-rocks","tag-saturday","tag-serious-injuries","tag-several-beaches","tag-severe-injuries","tag-shark-attack","tag-shark-attacks","tag-shark-bites-diver","tag-shark-encounters","tag-sharks","tag-snapp-breaking","tag-social-media","tag-swimmers-and-divers","tag-swimming","tag-sydney","tag-tasmania","tag-tasmania-police","tag-tasmanian-coast","tag-tasmanian-government","tag-teacher-leah-stewart","tag-the-35-year-old","tag-the-area","tag-the-attack","tag-the-death","tag-the-encounter","tag-the-forearm","tag-the-incident","tag-the-latest","tag-the-person","tag-the-public","tag-the-scene","tag-the-shark","tag-the-tasmanian-coast","tag-the-tasmanian-government-warning","tag-the-victim","tag-thenbsptasmanian-governmentnbspwarning","tag-their-assistance","tag-this-year","tag-two-meters","tag-weeks","tag-western-australia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}