Close shark encounter in South-East

An Adelaide couple has spoken of their encounter with a great white shark on a beach in the state’s South-East.

Adelaide waters to see mass gathering of harmless sharks

Scientists, divers and marine ecologists are preparing for a mass aggregation of harmless Port Jackson sharks in shallow waters off Adelaide’s southern beaches.

Peter Verhoog, from the Dutch Shark Society, poses with a whale shark near Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia. Pic courtesy Peter Verhoog.

Tourists spend up big to swim with sharks

Shark diving tourism is a growing industry estimated to be worth more than $25.5 million annually to regional economies around Australia.

SA's white shark cage-diving study expands

When Charlie Huveneers was 12, the lack of information available about the ocean’s most famous predator set him on a path to becoming a world expert on sharks.

Why SA's "Jaws" sighting should be celebrated

The sighting of a gigantic shark off the Adelaide coast should be a cause for celebration, rather than fear, argues Christopher Bird.

Henley Beach shark encounter captured on camera

“I saw this fin, and it didn’t go up and down like dolphins’ (do).”