Hundreds of people had been about to enter the water to compete in the Manly Open Surf carnival.
Several popular beaches in Sydney have been closed after sharks attacked a dolphin in waters near the city.
Lifeguards cleared people from the water after the attack, which happened at around 07:00 local time on Saturday .Tracey Hare-Boyd, a spokeswoman from Surf Life Saving New South Wales , said that, luckily, no person had been injured or involved in the attack.The dolphin was seen close to the shore of Shelly Beach after the shark attack
An eyewitness who was on Shelly beach told ABC News she was initially delighted to see a dolphin swimming in the bay."We came back and saw the dolphin was on the beach which was really incredibly sad," she said.
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