The Whitsunday Water Police will be conducting patrols of Cid Harbour today along with vessels from other Queensland and Commonwealth Government agencies.
The patrols are designed to provide reassurance to the boating community and tourists on the water.
Yesterday a 33-year-old man was bitten by a shark in the waters of Cid Harbour. The species of shark is as yet unknown.
The man was part of a group of ten people on a 40 foot sailing boat which left Airlie Beach from Amity Point.
When the vessel arrived in Cid Harbour, the man and a woman were taking turns paddle boarding in the water.
When the man got off the paddle boat and into the water, he was bitten by the shark.
French-speaking tourists in a nearby vessel launched a tender to reach the pair and brought them back to their boat.
Two doctors who were part of the man’s group provided immediate first aid and the
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