Popular Auckland beach closed again after two sharks sighted close to shore

December 27, 2019

Auckland's Orewa Beach has been closed again after more shark sightings.

The popular swimming beach around 30 minutes north of Auckland's CBD was also closed on Christmas Day after a shark - thought to be around two metres in length - was spotted off the beach.

An Orewa Lifesaving Club spokesman told 1 NEWS the beach has been closed this afternoon after the sightings.

Police say one of the sharks was spotted about 250 metres off-shore around 3:15pm.

Footage on Twitter shows the water empty, with a police helicopter scouring the area for signs of the sharks.

One local woman told 1 NEWS she wasn't concerned by the presence of sharks at Orewa Beach.

"It's fine, it's their habitat and we are the ones entering it."

On Christmas Day a shark was seen 500 metres off shore, leading to the beach's closure for a period.

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