{"id":674016,"date":"2026-05-16T04:35:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T04:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/674016\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T04:35:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T04:35:20","slug":"man-suffers-critical-injuries-in-rottnest-island-shark-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/674016\/","title":{"rendered":"Man suffers critical injuries in Rottnest Island shark attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A man in his thirties has suffered critical injuries during a shark attack at Rottnest Island, off Perth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A St John WA ambulance spokesperson said the man was bitten by the shark just before 10am today at Geordie Bay.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police and ambulance parked near a jetty at a bay\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/928d095154f109cce22f2eb44a3009a6.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The man was attacked at Jordy Bay on the north of the island.\u00a0 (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The man was transported by boat to a jetty where paramedics performed CPR.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Aerial vision showed a Water Police boat tethered to a smaller boat, which was equipped with spearfishing gear.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A man holds a spearfishing gun as he stands on a small white boat\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/573461ebf43b9510d66cd220245c1b60.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Vision shows a man returning a speargun to a small boat that was tethered to a Water Police vessel. (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The RAC rescue helicopter was sent to Rottnest Island in the aftermath of the attack.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A yellow RAC rescue helicopter is on the ground\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/51b5d19fff1259fe5f3fbeb9b7fcddaa.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">A rescue helicopter was on stand-by in the aftermath of the attack.\u00a0 (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">In a statement, the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) said a report of a possible shark bite was received around 9:54am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">DPIRD has urged people to take extra caution in the Geordie Bay area and that it is working with local authorities to coordinate its response.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police and ambulance crews on the scene\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/d4accf07ff839b736ad346faa3dadf1d.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Police and ambulance crews rushed to the scene. (ABC News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">It comes after a public report was made around 10am this morning of an approximately 5-metre white shark sighted at Thomson Bay nearby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Rottnest Island is a popular tourist destination off Perth&#8217;s coast.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A crowd of people gather in bushland\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/eb762e4271445de2656b3a8de390f530.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Bystanders gathered near Geordie Bay after a man in his thirties was attacked by a shark.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man in his thirties has suffered critical injuries during a shark attack at Rottnest Island, off Perth.\u00a0&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44,17174,17173,86,325128,1042,234785,45],"class_list":["post-674016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-news-perth","tag-news-wa","tag-perth-news","tag-shark-attack-rottnest","tag-sharks","tag-st-john-wa","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674016","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=674016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}