{"id":655604,"date":"2026-03-14T18:04:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T18:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/655604\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T18:04:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T18:04:21","slug":"exmouth-shark-attack-woman-injured-after-being-bitten-by-shark-near-kurrajong-campsite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/655604\/","title":{"rendered":"Exmouth shark attack: Woman injured after being bitten by shark near Kurrajong Campsite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">A female swimmer suffered minor injuries after being bitten by a shark in WA\u2019s north on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The incident occurred near Kurrajong Camp in the Shire of Exmouth, about 14 hours north of Perth, about 10.15am, according to the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, and involved a 1.5 metre long shark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Authorities are urging the public to exercise caution in the area and follow any beach closures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">It comes after a local electrician was <a class=\"css-1wq8pq9-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thewest.com.au\/news\/sharks\/i-thought-it-was-all-done-exmouth-surfers-miracle-survival-after-terrifying-run-in-with-3m-great-white-c-21910941\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">attacked earlier this week<\/a> whilst foil boarding in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Dave Daniell was attacked by a shark estimated to be 3 metres long, 15kms off the coast between Graveyards and Hunters beach \u2014 leaving a large bite mark on the back of the board.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cI fell off the board, and as I was climbing back up on the board, the shark came flying in,\u201d Mr Daniell said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cI managed to get my leg out of the way as it bit down. . . I clung to the board as it took a bite and then I managed to try get back up to my feet again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Shark sightings should be reported to Water Police on 9442 8600.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A female swimmer suffered minor injuries after being bitten by a shark in WA\u2019s north on Saturday. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":655605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4740,50,2415,8632],"class_list":{"0":"post-655604","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-sharks","11":"tag-wa-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116228854040513207","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}