Lifeguards ordered bathers out of the water at Melenara Beach on the island's east coast for a second day running when a police drone spotted a hammerhead shark off the beach.
New shark sightings have forced two more Spanish holiday beaches to close as a number of the predators have been spotted off the Gran Canaria coast - including a beast as big as 10ft.
It was briefly reopened to bathing yesterday morning before the second closure around 1pm after local police drones spotted a shark close to Taliarte Port next to Melenara Beach.Local police confirmed after a second much clearer drone sighting in the same area around 5pm yesterday it was a hammerhead shark, the same species that sparked panic on Saturday as it appeared near the shoreline.
Most hammerhead species are considered harmless to humans and few attacks have been recorded, but they are aggressive hunters and their size and fierceness make them potentially harmless. Another man was pictured with a child in his arms from the safety of the sand as he watched it come towards them. Last month tourists and locals were banned from going into the sea following a shark sighting off a Menorcan beach.Coastguards hoisted the red flag and called the Spanish equivalent of 999 after the tell-tale fin of a seven foot blue shark or tinterora was seen above the water line.
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