Fresh shark sightings spark MORE Spanish beach closures – with hammerheads and basking sharks now spotted by tourists after 10ft beast left swimmers terrified in Gran Canaria

New shark sightings have forced two more Spanish holiday beaches to close as a number of the predators have been spotted off the Gran Canaria coast – including a beast as big as 10ft.

Lifeguards ordered bathers out of the water at Melenara Beach on the island’s east coast for a second day running when a police drone spotted a hammerhead shark off the beach shortly after it was reopened yesterday morning.

The bathing ban yesterday afternoon was extended to neighbouring Salinetas beach.

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