{"id":428768,"date":"2026-01-21T23:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T23:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/428768\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T23:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T23:55:09","slug":"shark-alarm-drives-morning-swimmers-to-shore-in-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/428768\/","title":{"rendered":"Shark alarm drives morning swimmers to shore in Sydney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>T\ufeffhe shark alarm sounded at Coogee Beach in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/sydney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Sydney\">Sydney<\/a> today, sending swimmers racing for the shore.<\/p>\n<p>The alarm rang out at about 7am, with lifesavers announcing there had been &#8220;several&#8221; reports of a bull shark being spotted in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Lifesavers were seen on jetskis patrolling the area, looking for the shark.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/170c78c9-edad-4842-a573-7fee77e6a363.jpeg\"   alt=\"\"\/>A shark alarm sounded at Coogee beach in Sydney this morning. (9News)Bull sharks are believed to have been involved in a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/shark-attack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"spate of attacks\">spate of attacks<\/a> in NSW waters, including one on 12-year-old Nico Antic, who remains in a critical condition in hospital.\ufeff<a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/national\/bull-shark-attacks-weather-conditions-explained\/50f4c39f-c750-45df-805c-0a5919029c10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Experts say\">Experts say<\/a> bull sharks are likely to have been drawn to shallower, beachside waters after recent heavy rain in NSW, which has also churned up the waters to help conceal them.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Jodie Rummer from James Cook University said bull sharks are one of the few shark species that can tolerate the brackish post-storm water, when saltwater and freshwater mingled more than normal.<\/p>\n<p>Other experts say they are drawn to stirred-up areas to feed, as the rain flushes animals downriver.<\/p>\n<p>People are urged to steer clear of murky waters after heavy rain.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>NEVER MISS A STORY: Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"T\ufeffhe shark alarm sounded at Coogee Beach in Sydney today, sending swimmers racing for the shore. The alarm&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428769,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-428768","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}