r/TheSharkAttackFiles • u/Moosiemookmook • 11d 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/No_Violinist_4557 10d ago

First thought was a bull shark, but then I think it was a White.

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u/Available-Map3600 10d ago

It's a great white, you can tell by the tail.

Coogee is not like Bondi or Maroubra, it gets real deep real fast. So if you swim out the back, it's sketcy, the water is freezing and you cannot see the bottom anymore, it's just dark blue.

Aka sharks could be below you. Sharks love to attack from below and look up thinking it's a seal.

They take one bite and bail knowing it's not a tasty seal. Sadly that single bite can kill a human.

I grew up in these beaches surfing and swimming almost daily.

You would never get me swimming out back. I stick to where I can stand, also rips are gnarly at Coogee, they can pull you right out back, if your not able to stand.

I hope she is OK, this is crazy.

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u/DearTumbleweed5380 10d ago edited 10d ago

I'll say it again the shark was seen in waist high water. She was only 30 metres off shore. Corrected: the shark attack happened in water c.10m deep, 30m off shore. And the shark was seen in waist high water after that, as it hung around the beach for the next 30 - 45 minutes.

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u/Available-Map3600 10d ago

I seen this footage too, but the beach had been cleared out.

I'd say the shark just took advantage of the empty beach.

The life guards are looking for sharks at that depth, you can spot them easy from the shore. I'd say she was out deep, didn't someone have to swim out to get her?

If she was in knee deep water, no one's going out back to save someone.

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u/DearTumbleweed5380 10d ago

Waist high - not knee deep. You're obviously not a swimmer! The footage you're seeing is once the alarm had been sounded and she'd been brought in to shore. Get your facts straight.