A dead shark has washed up on the shores of Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach.
The three-metre mako was found by stunned beach goers at the popular Sydney beach at around 8am on Saturday.
Chris Selby first sighted the dead shark while he was out surfing.
A dead three-metre mako shark (pictured) has washed up on the shores of Bondi Beach in Sydney on Saturday morning
‘It was amazing. You don’t see this at Bondi often,’ surfer Chris Selby (pictured) said. Mr Selby first sighted the shark while he was out surfing and helped carry it to shore
Shortfin mako sharks
Mako sharks are the world’s fastest sharks
Mako sharks are the world’s fastest sharks
They are found in tropical and temperate waters around the world
Shortfin makos have a pointed snout and long slender teeth
They can grow up to 4m in length
The shortfin mako has been known to attack fishermen after being hooked
Source: Australian museum
Mr Selby said he was shocked when he saw the silhouette of a shark beneath him.
‘It was a a big shark underneath you,’ he said.
He told 9 News: ‘We thought it was better to get it out.’
Mr Selby remarked that it was an ‘amazing’ sight to come across at Bondi beach in the early hours of a Saturday morning.
‘It was amazing. You don’t see this at Bondi often,’ Mr Selby said.
Early morning beach goers were stunned and took to social media to share the shark sighting.
Lifeguards removed the dead mako shark off the beach and loaded it on the back of a quad bike.
The dead mako shark was found with a hook stuck inside it.
It is believed that a fisherman tried to catch the shark but struggled to reel it back in because of it’s 200kg weight.
Early morning beach goers were stunned and took to social media to share the shark sighting
The three-metre shark (pictured) was found by stunned beach goers at the popular Sydney beach
Shark fishing in Australia
Hundreds of thousands of sharks are caught by fishermen in Australia each year.
While sharks are usually fished in seven Australian fisheries, they are also caught as a ‘bycatch’ in 70 others.
Bycatch refers to sharks that are caught by fishing nets used to trap other marine life like tuna.
Close to 2,000 shortfin mako sharks were killed in one year at one tuna fishery operating in the Coral Sea, off Australia’s north east coast, according to the Australian Marine Conservation Society.
(File image) The 200kg dead shark washed up on Sydney’s Bondi beach (pictured)