A Dunsborough fisherman received a shock on Thursday morning when a four-metre white shark circled his boat for 20 minutes.
Warren Brown was out fishing two kilometres offshore when the shark swam up to his boat taking a nip at the motor.
Mr Brown said the shark hung around circling the boat ‘eyeing them off’ around 7.30am.
“Bugger me, it just had a go at the motor,” Mr Brown can be heard saying in the video.
On Wednesday, the Department of Fisheries issued a shark warning around Yallingup after increased activity in the region.
Between Sunday, April 15 and Wednesday, April 18 there have been six sightings of sharks, including two reports of white sharks.
On Wednesday at 11.24am hours was of a 3.5 metre white shark was reported by the Surf Life Saving WA helicopter.
A bronze whaler was also detected by the shark monitoring network, on Saturday, April 14 at Smiths Beach.
At beaches south of these locations, there have been significant whale carcass strandings over several weeks that could raise the risk of increased shark activity.
Two surfers were attacked on Monday.
The first attack happened in the morning at Cobblestones off Gracetown and was flown to Royal Perth Hospital for surgery.
Later in the day a second man was bitten by a shark off Lefthanders, receiving treatment for injuries to his leg.
