Fremantle say captain Nat Fyfe stopped for a surf in Margaret River as part of his exercise regime while driving a truck for his father’s business during the coronavirus shutdown.

Fyfe raised eyebrows when he was spotted surfing on Thursday morning at Gas Bay, more than 400 kilometres from Fyfe’s home town of Lake Grace, where he is basing himself during the indefinite AFL hiatus.

But the Dockers told the ABC that Fyfe had been driving a truck for his father’s business and was in the region when he stopped to surf.

While Australians have been urged to stay at home by state and federal governments, exercise is a permitted reason to be outside, provided social distancing practices are upheld.