The report on the incident reached local authorities shortly before 08:00 on Sunday morning, he writes Independent.
A sea rescue operation was launched which led to the discovery of the dead woman.
According to the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) volunteer organization, this is a 39-year-old woman from Cape Town.
Police have launched an investigation, writes The Independent.
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The attack allegedly took place off the coast in Central Beach, south of the town of Plettenberg Bay. The beach was closed to the public the next day due to the accident.
At the same time, the NSRI and local authorities have urged people to be careful when traveling by sea along the coast between Plettenberg Bay and Southern Cape.
– It may appear that there is now more shark activity off our beaches. This is very unusual from previous years, the NSRI said in a press release.
Sunday’s incident isn’t the first deadly shark attack in South Africa this year. According to the Independent, two people who were swimming were killed by sharks in April. A body later found itself on a beach in the city of Durban.
However, the risk of being exposed to a shark attack, no matter where you are in the world, is very low.
The latest report of The international archive of shark attacks (ISAF) shows that a total of 137 shark attacks worldwide were recorded in 2021, of which nine were fatal.
The trend over several years is also a decrease in the number of deaths as a result of such attacks, according to the ISAF.
– The few attacks that occur, usually happen due to human error, or because the shark mistakes us and the animals it hunts, marine biologist and WWF ocean team leader Fredrik Myhre told Dagbladet at beginning of this year in connection with a shark attack near Norway.
