Overview
- Authorities confirmed a fourth incident on Tuesday at Point Plomer, where a 39-year-old surfer sustained minor injuries after a shark bit his board.
- Two people remain in critical condition: a 12-year-old boy badly mauled at Sydney Harbour’s Shark Beach on Sunday and a 27-year-old surfer bitten at Manly’s North Steyne on Monday evening.
- An 11-year-old at Dee Why escaped injury on Monday after a shark removed a roughly 15-centimeter section of his surfboard, with photo analysis pointing to a bull shark.
- Northern Sydney beaches have been closed for 48 hours, and Surf Life Saving NSW is urging residents to avoid the ocean and use pools instead.
- Jetski and drone patrols are underway and electronic drumlines have been deployed as officials link the cluster to turbid, rain-affected conditions that favor bull sharks, noting such attacks remain rare historically.