3 Shark Attacks Off Sydney in Just Over 24 Hours; Man, Boy in Critical Condition

Fox9 ^ | January 19, 2026 | Stephanie Weaver

[nickcarraway]

A man and boy were critically injured, and another boy had his surfboard bitten during three separate shark attacks in Sydney, Australia in just over 24 hours, police confirmed Monday.

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A man, believed to be in his 20s, was in a critical condition Monday after being bitten by a shark at Sydney's Northern Beaches on Jan. 19.

At 6.20 p.m. local time, emergency services were called to North Steyne Beach, following reports of a surfer being bitten by a shark

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TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Travel
KEYWORDS: australia; oz; sharksaustralia; sydney

[TigersEye]

That Near-Carrington Level Solar Storm must be agitating the sharks.

[KarlInOhio]

Aussie shark, chew-chew, chew-chew, chew-chew
Aussie shark, chew-chew, chew-chew, chew-chew
Aussie shark, chew-chew, chew-chew, chew-chew
Aussie shark!

[BlackVeil]

It’s awful! And some people say that they have seen sharks in Sydney waters - from boats - swarming in the water.

[rainee]

Sharkbanz
My husband & I were just talking about this device
Supposedly works on stingrays as well

[BlackVeil]

It would be even better to cull the nasty brutes. There are too many of them. The greenies made them into a protected species. Some of the attacks have been from bull sharks - an aggressive species which also enters rivers - they have attacked people in clear water over in W.A.

Here is the real endangered species, this lovely young Australian man - he has lost his leg and was only saved because someone was transporting some blood supply in the vicinity. South Coast Musician

[wally_bert]

Sounds like the McCloud episode “Sharks”.

Sharks in the harbor were used to remove opposition.

Naturally McCloud solved the case while antagonizing Chief Clifford.