A two-metre shark sent swimmers fleeing to shore after it infiltrated the net at Western Australia's Cottlesloe Beach.

Swimmers were ordered out of the water at Cottesloe beach on Wednesday after a shark was spotted circling inside the shark net.

Western Australia's Cottesloe Beach has reopened after a shark spent 27 hours inside the netted area.

Western Australia's Cottesloe Beach has reopened after a shark spent 27 hours inside the netted area.

Western Australia's Cottesloe Beach has reopened after a shark spent 27 hours inside the netted area.

An operation to free a two-metre bronze whaler inside a new shark barrier at Cottesloe Beach has become a full-scale probe after the animal was...

Locals are alarmed at the time it took to close Mullaloo beach after a swimmer's close encounter with a shark last week.

Locals are alarmed at the time it took to close Mullaloo beach after a swimmer's close encounter with a shark last week.

The beach was closed as the near metre-long shark swam by.

A close knit group who witnessed two of their friends drown at a beach in Western Australia is calling for better signs warning of the dangers.