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Remove items from your saved list<\/a> to add more.<\/p>\n AAA<\/p>\n Moments after a woman was pulled onto the sand of Coogee Beach with severe wounds to her left leg and arms, a three-metre shark was swimming languidly in the clear water metres from shore.<\/p>\n Stephen Denneny was sitting on Coogee Beach\u2019s rainbow steps when a woman screamed: \u201cShark!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n His partner, sitting beside him, prayed aloud as the shark alarm blared and traumatised bystanders watched lifeguards and a critical care doctor work to stabilise the woman.<\/a><\/p>\n Denneny ran to his home nearby to collect his drone.<\/p>\n \u201cI wanted to find the shark, to keep an eye on it and make sure we knew where it was heading,\u201d Denneny said.<\/p>\n Related Article His drone captured the shark in the shallow water and dappled sunlight, as it slowly swam laps of the bay. The footage shows a patch of dark water that Denneny said was most likely blood, marking the location of the shark attack about 30 metres from shore.<\/p>\n As Denneny\u2019s drone hovers over the shark, it captures the beach and a crowd of people at the water\u2019s edge. Not a single swimmer is in the water on this warm, clear, winter afternoon.<\/p>\n The shark remained in Coogee Bay for 30 to 45 minutes before making its way north towards Gordons Bay and Clovelly, Denneny said.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m still in shock \u2026 It\u2019s very sad to see,\u201d he said. \u201cI was in the water five minutes before it happened.<\/p>\n \u201cThis poor family have to go through all of this. We are praying for the woman and her family.\u201d<\/p>\n The woman, 35, is in critical condition at St Vincent\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n Lawrence Chlebeck, a marine biologist with Humane World for Animals Australian, said the shark in Denneny\u2019s video appears to be a great white.<\/p>\n Denneny, director of One Shot Creative, said he regularly flies his drone over Coogee and keeps in touch with the lifeguards.<\/p>\n On December 30, he alerted the lifeguards to a shark swimming nearby.<\/p>\n \u201cThey sounded the shark alarm and got everybody out of the water,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was just a wobbegong, but you can never be too careful.\u201d<\/p>\n Denneny urged policymakers to consider using drones to routinely patrol beaches for sharks, considering Saturday\u2019s attack and a series of shark attacks<\/a> in NSW last summer.<\/p>\n \u201cWe need to be doing something about this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n In December, the Minns government announced $2.5 million to boost beach safety, including more drones patrolling beaches, but only over the summer months.<\/p>\n Be the first to know when major news happens. Sign up for breaking news alerts<\/a> on email or turn on notifications in the app.<\/p>\n Save<\/p>\n You have reached your maximum number of saved items.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ace47a790f2893c9ac0c0877b9d3def28c4a909f78a2f2ddbc92e7d574f106bd.jpeg\")
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Drone footage taken of a shark off Coogee beach in Sydney on Saturday.One Shot Creative<\/p>\n