Trigg beach closed after shark sighting

Published: 12:23:39 PM, Mon 14 January 2013 UTC

A 3.5 metre tiger shark has been sighted off Perth's Trigg Beach.

The rescue helicopter spotted the shark about 300 metres off shore just before 8:00 am.

It was swimming in a south westerly direction.

Trigg beach has been closed.

Tags: perth, recreation, beach, shore, metre, 300 metres, rescue helicopter, orders of magnitude, bull shark, oceanic whitetip shark, great white shark, shark sighting, requiem shark, trigg beach, metre tiger shark, south westerly direction

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