A shark killed a woman and severely injured another swimmer at an Australian beach on Thursday, November 27, 2025.
The attack took place early in the morning, and one of the victims died on spot at the beach in New South Wales.
While the other swimmer suffered serious leg injuries and was airlifted from the remote Kylies Beach in Crowdy Bay-300 km north of Sydney—to the Newcastle hospital.
Police authorities informed that both swimmers were believed to be in their 20s.
NSW police inspector Timothy Bayly informed that “the swimmers were known to each other and were going for a swim and the shark attacked.”
Police Inspector Joshua Smyth appreciated and credited a bystander with potentially saving the man’s life by wrapping a makeshift tourniquet around his leg before the paramedics reached the scene.
“The courage from some bystanders is amazing in this situation—to put yourself out there is very heroic,” said Joshua.
Moreover, NSW's Surf Life Saving chief executive Steven Pearce described the incident as a “really, really terrible incident.”
The Surf Life Saving chief also informed that the area is remote and there are no lifeguarding services up there at all.
Furthermore, the beach and surrounding areas have been closed, and the Australian authorities have informed that the shark that attacked two swimmers belonged to the “bull shark” species.
As per authorities, bull sharks can be found in both fresh water and salt water and are one of the few sharks that are potentially dangerous to people.
According to the International Shark Attack File, these are the third deadliest shark species in the world.
Additionally, Australian oceans are teeming with sharks that might fatally munch on a human.
According to a database from a report, Predator Encounters with Humans, there have been more than 1,280 shark incidents around Australia since 1791, of which over 250 resulted in death.
The data reveal that oceangoers or beachgoers are most likely to be bitten by great white sharks, tiger sharks, and bull sharks.
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (database for threatened species), almost 37% of oceanic shark and ray species are now listed as either endangered or critically endangered species.
