<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A shark has taken a chunk out of an 11-year-old boy's surfboard on </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/sydney" rel="" target="_blank" title="Sydney"><span>Sydney</span></a><span>'s Northern Beaches, the day after another was mauled by a bull shark at a beach in the city's east.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police said a shark bit the boy's surfboard at Dee Why Beach about 11.45am today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The boy, who was helped by lifesavers, managed to walk away from the close encounter unscathed.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/jarren-shares-wildlife-content-online-hes-been-called-out-for-ai-blackface/e0cb8411-bc9a-4ab5-870d-431aaacf3e3d" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Jarren is hailed the 'Indigenous Steve Irwin', but the issue is he is not real</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Surf Life Saving NSW has advised the beach has been closed for the next 48 hours.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The incident comes just a day after a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/shark-bite-rose-bay-sydney/aeff3507-aaf1-4b5d-afca-dd998df7e929" rel="" target="_blank" title="suspected bull shark mauled a 12-year-old boy"><span>suspected bull shark mauled a 12-year-old boy</span></a><span> about 27kms away near Shark Beach in Vaculuse.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He suffered serious injuries to both legs and was pulled from the water by his friends and emergency services. </span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-dee-why-beach-shark-attack-boy-narrowly-avoids-being-bitten-in-second-incident-in-two-days/7a911c62-7e11-47da-859c-271939a21272" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He is fighting for his life at Sydney Children's Hospital. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>