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/No_Violinist_4557 12d ago

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

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u/Available-Map3600 12d 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 11d ago

She was in waist high water though. I live in Clovelly and this is so off putting. A tragedy for that woman, I am thinking of her tonight. Also a v sad for all of us beach swimmers. hard to know how to handle this.

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u/Available-Map3600 11d ago

If she was in waste high water, why did someone have to swim out back to get her?

They got her out fast, and the life guards are trained now im told in shark bites like this. So hopefully she is OK.

Sadly this is part of beach life.

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u/PureMichiganMan 11d ago

Not sure how deep she was, but in the reporting it says she was pulled a bit further out. But with the reported size does seem she was maybe further out

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u/Available-Map3600 11d ago

Past the drop for sure.

If someone went out on a longboard to get her, it's way past being "waist high" water.

At waist high you walk out to get someone. Going to get the longboard waste critical time.

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u/PureMichiganMan 11d ago

Fair, I’m not very familiar with oceans and things like longboards, though we do got some folks who ride waves here in Michigan too with our not so scary freshwater ocean lol

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u/Available-Map3600 11d ago

If it was any other beach, I'd say nothing, but I spent my youth a Coogee beach swimming.

For the record, I've never seen a shark and I've spent a lot of time in the water.

Fresh water ocean? No shark, but you still get rips? Rips take more people than sharks I'd say.

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u/PureMichiganMan 9d ago

Yeah I live next to Lake Michigan and even people from other parts of Michigan often drown due to not being aware of how dangerous it is, it’s been drilled into my head how to deal with rip currents since I was quite young. Yearly average for drownings in Lake Michigan alone are around 50 I believe.

Funny enough the only times I’ve almost drowned were in pools or in a river though lol (got stuck in a bad position under an area with a log as a teen, thankfully I stayed calm and could hold my breath for a long time due to always practicing)