Overview
- Lifeguards cleared Coogee Beach after a reported bull shark sighting on Wednesday as closures continued across northern Sydney and parts of the Mid North Coast.
- Twelve-year-old Nico Antic remains in a critical condition after a suspected bull shark attack at Shark Beach, with a family fundraiser warning of “the worst possible outcome.”
- Surfer Andre de Ruyter, 27, is in critical condition with life‑changing leg injuries from the Manly bite, after bystanders applied a tourniquet and performed CPR.
- A 39-year-old surfer near Point Plomer sustained minor wounds and was treated and discharged, with local officials noting multiple sharks in the water.
- Surf Life Saving NSW doubled aerial and drone surveillance, deployed smart drumlines, and labeled the rapid cluster “unprecedented,” urging swimmers to choose pools over the ocean.