{"id":278419,"date":"2026-01-21T11:21:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T11:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/?p=278419"},"modified":"2026-01-21T11:22:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T11:22:37","slug":"nsw-shark-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/2026\/01\/nsw-shark-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW Shark Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_video et_pb_video_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Surfer Hospitalised After Fourth Shark Attack In NSW In 48 Hours | 10 News\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qBy-e4RUvhY?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Recent days have seen an alarming cluster of shark attacks along the New South Wales coastline, with four separate incidents reported in a short period of time. The series began when a 12-year-old boy was critically injured in Sydney Harbour, followed by an incident at Dee Why where an 11-year-old escaped injury after a shark bit his surfboard. Shortly after, a 27-year-old surfer was seriously injured at Manly, and the most recent attack occurred on the Mid North Coast at Point Plomer, where a 39-year-old surfer suffered minor injuries. Authorities believe recent heavy rainfall and murky water conditions may have increased shark activity close to shore, leading to beach closures and strong warnings for people to stay out of the ocean until conditions improve.<\/p>\n<p>Our thoughts are with anyone affected by these events.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent days have seen an alarming cluster of shark attacks along the New South Wales coastline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":278422,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[35,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-videos"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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