Fin spotted close to Nova Scotia beach forces swimmers out of water
People at supervised Queensland Beach near Halifax were ordered to leave for two hours on Wednesday
Swimmers at a busy Nova Scotia beach were forced out of the water for two hours Wednesday after a fin was spotted offshore.
The director of the Nova Scotia Lifeguard Service says a fin — possibly of a shark — was spotted in the swimmers' area of Queensland Beach, about 50 kilometres west of Halifax.
Paul D'Eon said the lifeguard service has no way to confirm there was a shark, but said when a fin is spotted close to a beach, the policy is to order swimmers out of the water.
The veteran lifeguard manager said the potential shark sighting was the first this season at any of the province's 21 ocean beaches, where lifeguards have been on duty for the past five days.
D'Eon said that last year there were three or four sightings of fins over the summer.
The director said that in his 51-year career, there's never been a shark attack at one of the beaches while lifeguards were on duty.
