Overview
- Emergency crews were called about 4:20pm Sunday to Hermitage Foreshore Walk near Nielsen Park after the boy was bitten while rock‑jumping outside the netted area.
- Water Police and bystanders pulled him from the water within minutes, with officers applying two tourniquets and beginning resuscitation on a police vessel.
- He was taken to Rose Bay for further treatment and then to Sydney Children’s Hospital, where he underwent surgery and remains in intensive care in a critical condition.
- Shark Beach and nearby waters are closed as authorities advise avoiding harbour and river mouths during murky, brackish conditions following heavy rain.
- The Department of Primary Industries is working to confirm the species, with police saying the injuries are consistent with a large, likely bull, shark.