A woman in her 30s is in a critical condition after being bitten by a large shark at Coogee beach on Saturday.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for New South Wales<\/a> Ambulance said the woman suffered arm and leg injuries and had been taken by road to St Vincent\u2019s hospital.<\/p>\n They said multiple crews had treated the woman on the beach after the attack, which occurred just after 11am.<\/p>\n Police and emergency personnel at Sydney\u2019s Coogee beach after reports of a shark attack. Photograph: Hollie Adams\/ReutersPolice speak to people at the scene of the shark attack. Photograph: Hollie Adams\/Reuters<\/p>\n Surf Life Saving NSW said the woman had been taken to hospital \u201csemi-conscious and breathing\u201d.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for NSW police said the woman was pulled from the water by members of the public who commenced first aid until emergency services arrived.<\/p>\n \u201cPolice rendered first aid to the woman, believed to be aged in her 30s, who has suffered serious arm and leg injuries, before NSW Ambulance paramedics attended,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n Sign up for the Breaking News Australia email<\/a><\/p>\n Police cleared nearby Coogee Oval to facilitate the landing of the Careflight helicopter to potentially airlift the woman to hospital.<\/p>\n NSW Ambulance said a command post had been set up on the beach with police and ambulance chaplains available to support people who witnessed the attack.<\/p>\n While authorities have not yet confirmed the species of shark involved, Randwick Council said the shark was believed to be three to four metres in size.<\/p>\n Coogee beach and nearby beaches including Clovelly and Bronte have been closed. Photograph: Hollie Adams\/Reuters<\/p>\n At Tamarama beach to Coogee\u2019s north, surf lifesavers cleared the water a short time later, telling swimmers and surfers the beach was being closed because of the incident.<\/p>\n A SLSNSW spokesperson said council lifeguards, off duty lifesavers and the Westpac Lifesaver Rescue Helicopter were among the responding services, with the chopper conducting surveillance of the area.<\/p>\n The spokesperson said all beaches from Bondi to Maroubra had been closed and would remain closed for at least 24 hours.<\/p>\n Chief executive Steve Pearce said it was the fourth serious shark incident in Sydney<\/a> since September 2025.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are sending our best wishes to the woman involved and her family at this time, after another terrible shark incident on our coastline,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He said while the volunteer patrol season had ended, there were still lifesaving services including drone surveillances providing safety measures within coastal communities.<\/p>\n Drones were in use at 14 locations around the state on Saturday but not at Coogee. SLSNSW said additional drone surveillance had been organised for Bondi and Bronte beaches on Saturday and Sunday, with further flights in the area to be assessed.<\/p>\n Coogee beach, known for its relatively gentle surf, is popular with locals and tourists and draws thousands of visitors on summer days.<\/p>\n Earlier this year, three people<\/a> were attacked \u2013 one fatally \u2013 by sharks at Sydney beaches in a period of 48 hours. More recently, there have been two fatal attacks on spearfishers in Western Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman in her 30s is in a critical condition after being bitten by a large shark at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":733304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-733303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733303","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=733303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/733304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=733303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=733303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}