A juvenile whale calf has been cut free after becoming entangled in a shark net off the Gold Coast.
The four-metre humpback was trapped by its tail at Coolangatta Beach.
Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol spokesman Mark Saul said conditions were calm, so too was the calf’s mother, which sped up the rescue.
“Both the whales were very calm,” he said.
“Mum had just pushed into the nets slightly to help keep the calf up on the surface which she was doing quite well.
“After a few cuts, a bit of mesh away, they both just swam away to the south-east.
“It swam away with its mother to the south, in good health and condition.”
