A GROUP of young surfers say they have had to flee a Sunshine Coast beach after they spotted a shark at a popular break.

Tai Jennison, 16, said that he and three other friends were surfing the unpatrolled break at Noosa’s Alexandria Bay when they saw a fin emerge from the water around 6:30am today.

“My mate’s dad who was in the water about 10-15 meters from it said he thought it was around 2.5 meters long,” he said.

Also a surf photographer, Mr Jennison said that shark sightings were become more common in recent times.

“Our last three surfs on the Sunshine Coast we have spotted what we believe to be sharks, one at Maroochydore, Point Cartwright and then today,” he said.

He said the recent sightings had been confronting to him and his group of mates who are keen surfers.

“We go out quite a bit, we had never seen one and then we have gotten all of these ones at once, it certainly makes you think twice.”

Mr Jennison said he and his mates will go to a patrolled break for the next time they go out in the water, just to give them sense of safety.

“Where we were today, it was about a 20 minute walk away from anything, so I think next time we will stick to a nice little patrolled break,” he laughed.