By Janette Neuwahl
Rescue officials have reacted swiftly to Monday's shark attack at Muizenberg by mobilising four rubberducks, a rescue helicopter and extra lifeguards for the beach for the rest of the Easter holidays.
Two more great white sharks were spotted in the water off the popular beach on Tuesday afternoon, said South African Lifesaving and Nokia rescue helicopter spokesperson Nick Reyneke.
Meanwhile on Tuesday, Cape Town's huge surfing community was trying to come to terms with the attack at the beach, regarded as one of the city's "nursery breaks" where younger surfers go to learn their craft.
'His parents are just emotionally exhausted' Surfing veteran Roy Tipper stood on Boyes Drive, overlooking Muizenberg beach with binoculars and searching the waters below for sharks. On Monday, Tipper was surfing when 16-year-old JP Andrew was bitten by what is thought to have been a great white.
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Tipper said the attack won't stop him from surfing, but it was a scary experience he won't forget.
Many surfers echo Tipper's thoughts that the sport must go on, but empty seas on Tuesday seemed to reflect otherwise.
Besides a few children playing on the sand, not one person graced the waters off Muizenberg beach as high tide approached on Tuesday afternoon.
Many of the surfers present at the scene of attack instead chose to try and visit Andrew, who remained in critical condition at Constantiaberg Medi-Clinic on Tuesday night.
Rugby was a more dangerous activity than surfing The teenager's right leg was bitten off above the thigh. After emergency surgery, Andrew was placed in the intensive care unit where he remains sedated and breathing on a ventilator.
Family and friends rushed to the hospital on Monday afternoon, where he was taken around 3pm. His aunt, Sally Andrew, spent the night among other family members in a waiting room vigil with his parents Robert and Estelle Andrew, of Lakeside.
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