A surfer had minor injuries from being bitten by a shark in the fourth attack off the coast of Australia’s most populous state in three days.

Arlene Lillis, 56, was swimming off Drosch Beach on St. Croix around 4:30 p.m. Thursday when witnesses suddenly heard “ungodly screaming” coming from the water.

Marine deputies in Manatee County facilitated the rescue of an entangled shark with aid from Mote Marine Laboratory.

Ernst, a 12-foot, one-thousand-pound sub-adult great white shark, has been pinged five times in the last two days just off the coast of Gulf Shores, according to the group’s site. Her most recent ping was four miles off the shore of Dauphin Island on Jan.

At least six great white sharks, one of them a massive 13-foot, 1,400-pound female, have pinged in Florida waters since New Year's Eve, Dec. 31, 2025.

A string of shark attacks near Sydney prompted beach closures across New South Wales. The latest victim attacked at Point Plomer suffered only minor cuts.