{"id":733226,"date":"2026-06-13T03:56:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T03:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/733226\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T03:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T03:56:14","slug":"woman-in-critical-condition-after-shark-attack-at-sydneys-coogee-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/733226\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman in critical condition after shark attack at Sydney’s Coogee Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

A woman is in a critical condition after being bitten by a shark at a beach in Sydney’s east.<\/p>\n

Emergency crews were called to Coogee just before 11am on Saturday after members of the public pulled a woman, believed to be in her 30s, from the water.<\/p>\n

She was treated for serious leg and arm injuries, with preparations underway for her to be flown to hospital.<\/p>\n

\"Emergency<\/p>\n

A woman is in critical condition after a shark attack at Coogee Beach on Saturday.\u00a0 (ABC News: James Lawrence)<\/p>\n

ABC journalist Patrick Stack was at the beach playing with his child in the water on a “beautiful winter’s day” when the attack took place.<\/p>\n

He described what played out as “extremely concerning”.<\/p>\n

“Lots of people [were] swimming in the water when we heard a really chilling scream going out across the beach,” Mr Stack said.<\/p>\n

“And at first you wonder whether it’s sort of kids mucking around or something like that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“But the quick follow of the shark alarm sort of made it clear that it was something much more serious and much more sinister.”<\/p>\n

\"people<\/p>\n

Coogee Beach along with neighbouring beaches have been closed. (ABC News: James Lawrence)<\/p>\n

He said he was about 50 metres away from where the woman was pulled from the water by a man on a surf rescue boat with \u00a0help from a paddle board rider.<\/p>\n

The community, according to Mr Stack, is very tight-knit and the majority of people at the beach were familiar faces.<\/p>\n

He said they have been left in “stunned silence”.<\/p>\n

“In winter, it’s not peak sort of tourist season, so it’s very familiar faces all down here to do their weekend swim and hearing local swimmers floating around nearby saying that they saw a shark swim underneath them.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Obviously eerie sort of scenes and lots of distress amongst the community and not what you sort of expect when you come for your Saturday swim at the beach.”<\/p>\n

\"NSW<\/p>\n

A woman is in critical condition after a shark attack at Coogee Beach on Saturday.\u00a0 (Supplied: Shawn Buttling)<\/p>\n

‘Last thing you’d expect’<\/p>\n

Shawn Buttling lives a block away from the seafront.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He told the ABC News how he rushed to the beach after hearing multiple police cars, ambulances and sirens racing past his home.<\/p>\n

“When I got down there, there was already a surf lifesaving rescue underway and an elderly couple nearby told me there had been an immense amount of blood,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I’d done my morning walk around seven o’clock. The water was clear, people were swimming and there were groups training in the ocean. It was the last thing you’d expect.<\/p>\n

“My initial reaction was just unbelievable.”<\/p>\n

\"Ambulances<\/p>\n

Authorities set up an exclusion zone as paramedics treated the woman. (Supplied: Shawn Buttling)<\/p>\n

Jet skis were deployed offshore while emergency crews treated the victim on the sand.<\/p>\n

“When I initially got here there were two jet skis out instantly while they were still attending to the person on the beach. That’s when we realised they’re just trying to find the shark.”<\/p>\n

He said authorities established exclusion zones around the beach as large crowds gathered.<\/p>\n

“The scene is still crowded down here. All the crowds are on the sidewalk, they’re not down on the beach, just looking at the helicopters.”<\/p>\n

Coogee Beach along with others in the Randwick Council area have been closed.<\/p>\n

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