Three Newcastle beaches have been forced to close, on the back of two more separate shark sightings in the area.
Lifeguards shut down Merewether and Dixon Park beaches for two hours yesterday to conduct a search of the water, after two teenagers swimming 10-metres off the shore reported the sighting.
A surfer also reported seeing a shark off the Cowrie Hole near Nobby's Beach.
The three beaches were later reopened, after lifeguards failed to locate the sharks
