NSW beaches
Oct 23 2006, Suman Arya

Experts predict that warm weather conditions attract more sharks to swim closer to the coast as the numbers of attacks have increased over the years. Surf Life Saving Statistics reveal that there were 171 shark alarms in this summer season, as it was 124.

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