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Great white circles learner surfers at Blueys Beach in New South Wales

The Daily Telegraph

January 14, 2009 12:01am

A SURF school owner has defended his failure to warn his class that a large shark was swimming close to teenagers on a popular New South Wales beach.

A photographer captured the moment the shark, believed to be a 3m great white, surfaced at Blueys Beach on the state's mid-north coast, near Myall Lake on Sunday.

Silvio Rodriguez was photographing other surfers near the surf school students about midday when he noticed a large shadow.

"At first I thought it was weed, but I kept an eye on it then I saw the massive fin come up," Mr Rodriguez, 31, said.

"It was only maybe 30m away from the nearest learner surfer." Former professional surfer Gary Hughes, who runs Gary Hughes Surface School of Surf and Surf Consultancy, said he was aware of the shark and had been monitoring it.

"I did not tell the students because they just would have worried," Mr Hughes, 50, said.

"It was just having a cruise, it wasn't showing attack behaviour."

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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24910597-1242,00.html

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