{"id":936397,"date":"2026-10-22T02:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T02:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/936397\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T02:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T02:44:11","slug":"sydney-beaches-shut-down-after-baby-whale-carcass-spotted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/936397\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney beaches shut down after baby whale carcass spotted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two popular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/sydney-fp5\" class=\"sc-iRgEWu hHENWX\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/beaches-26l0\" class=\"sc-iRgEWu hHENWX\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">beaches<\/a> have been closed after the carcass of a baby whale was spotted in the surf.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaroubra and Coogee Beaches closed until further notice,\u201d Randwick Council said online.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/60ed92c94e197b36f630cadded0388a88deef9e8a2c3c12e90276f797b0cb055.png\"  width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_0b53bae146db0b62 _7475dd3391ee1518\" style=\"--text-color:var(--color-text-secondary)\">A baby whale carcass has been spotted floating off Lurline Bay in Sydney, triggering the closure of Coogee and Maroubra beaches.\u00a0Randwick City Council\/Facebook<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA baby whale carcass has been spotted this morning floating off Lurline Bay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a precaution, Maroubra and Coogee Beaches will remain closed until further notice while lifeguards monitor the situation and work with local stakeholders and authorities to arrange the whale\u2019s removal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whale carcasses can potentially attract <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/sharks-5tm\" class=\"sc-iRgEWu hHENWX\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sharks<\/a> drawn to feed, <a href=\"https:\/\/researchportal.scu.edu.au\/esploro\/outputs\/doctoral\/Whale-carcass-management-on-beaches\/991012899100302368\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-iRgEWu hHENWX\">according to research from Southern Cross University<\/a>, which could pose a danger to swimmers.<\/p>\n<p>The species of the young whale is unknown.<\/p>\n<p>The closure came a day after Randwick Council announced on social media that lifeguards would begin patrolling Coogee Beach from 6am to support early morning swimmers.<\/p>\n<p>Swimmer and local Leah Stewart was mauled by a great white shark at Coogee Beach on June 13, leading to the loss of her arm and several other serious injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two popular Sydney beaches have been closed after the carcass of a baby whale was spotted in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":936398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[64,63,128,338],"class_list":["post-936397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936397","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=936397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/936398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=936397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=936397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=936397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}