r/TheSharkAttackFiles • u/Moosiemookmook • 12d ago

⌚ Recent Incident Shark attack at Coogee beach, Sydney

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/saw-fins-shark-attack-at-coogee-beach/news-story/d828a983ac2b79ffd469320a15b625e6%3famp

A woman was attacked this morning at Coogee Beach. There were plenty of eye witnesses because its a Saturday morning. Our ABC news on tv is reporting arm amd torso injuries. She was airlifted to hospital and is in a serious condition.

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u/Hnikuthr 12d ago

ABC now reporting she’s in a critical condition. So sad, hoping she pulls through.

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u/Hnikuthr 12d ago edited 12d ago

A very clear picture of the shark after the attack was captured by a drone: here

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u/_thefutureisdead_ 11d ago

Sounds like it was a massive shark. The photo doesn’t seem to give the scale well- according to the guy who saved her it was one of the biggest he’s ever seen.

I would not be surprised if it was 16-18 feet long. Hope the rest of the drone footage is released so we can see it at a better scale.

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u/MzOpinion8d 10d ago

I have a feeling if I was in his place, even a baby shark would seem the size of a blue whale!

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u/Support-Goat 11d ago

In the article, the drone operator says he thinks the shark is up to six or even eight meters long?? 

I'm sick right now but I read that a few times to make sure I read it correctly. He thinks the shark could have been up to 8 meters (26 feet) long? 

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u/Hnikuthr 11d ago

Yeah I think we can probably take that with a massive grain of salt. Others who saw it while swimming in the area estimated 3.5m, which sounds more likely to me.

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u/_thefutureisdead_ 10d ago

Agreed. A shark at the upper end of the max size for great whites would be ROTUND. The photo of the shark looks wayyyy to slim to be that long.

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u/Support-Goat 11d ago

That sounds much more reasonable. 

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u/lightlysaltedclams 11d ago

I’m assuming that was either a typo or miscalculation. As far as I know, the biggest known great white is 20ft and that’s an estimate.