Two years after Mick Fanning was attacked by a great white shark at Jeffreys Bay, the day's surfing has been called off with a mako shark spotted in the lineup.
Julian Wilson, who was in the water with Fanning in 2015 when the attack happened, was surfing his fourth round heat against South Africa's Jordy Smith and Brazil's Filepe Toledo.
The two metre mako breached out the back of the lineup, abut 90 metres behind Toledo, who also had to exit the water at Western Australia's Margaret River Pro, where there was a shark scare earlier this year.
"Second time this year but glad to be here," Toledo said.
"The team worked good, they saw a big fish or shark spinning, it was a crazy situation but the skis came really fast to us and we jumped on the skis."
