Video shows horror shark attack at Sydney beach

A swimmer in Sydney has been killed after being attacked by a shark, with a video capturing the horrific moment. Warning: Graphic

WARNING: Graphic

A video has captured the horrific moment a swimmer was killed by a shark at a popular Sydney beach.

The city was rocked by its first fatal shark attack in almost 60 years after the attack at Little Bay on Wednesday.

Human remains were found by rescuers about 6pm, almost an hour-and-a-half after a fisherman first reported a person in the water had been attacked and dragged under by a shark.

Terrifying video footage showed the moment the shark struck.

“Someone just got eaten by a shark,” the man recording the video can be heard yelling, adding it was a “big great white”.

Huge splashes can be seen with the water in the area turning red and birds circling above.

“That’s insane,” the man added, filming from a rock ledge where people were fishing.

Another woman yelled “oh my god … what the f***?” in disbelief.

“The person is still there,” the man then added.

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A video captured the moment a Sydney swimmer was attacked by a shark. Picture: Kharis Lianto / News Media Network

Emergency services were called to the area near Buchan Point, Malabar, after receiving a report that a shark attacked a swimmer in the water just after 4.30pm on Wednesday.

Authorities then located human remains in the water and closed off Little Bay Beach, according to NSW Police.

“Footage clearly shows a body, half a body being taken by a shark,” a police officer had told colleagues over a scanner.

“They have found some remains.”

A NSW Ambulance spokeswoman said: “Unfortunately this person had suffered catastrophic injuries and there wasn’t a lot paramedics could do when we arrived.”

A witness, who was fishing off rocks on the point, said the swimmer was right in front of him when they were dragged under the water.

“It was terrible. I am shaking,” he told ABC. “I keep vomiting. It’s very, very upsetting.”

Large scale search underway off Little Bay in Sydney's south east after reported shark attack. A rock fisherman says saw a swimmer taken. @abcnewspic.twitter.com/yGHpQgd2nV

— Jake Lapham (@JakeLapham) February 16, 2022

Breaking news: shark attack near Little Bay. Witnesses say fisherman fell in and was taken by a 4m shark. Chopper and police all over the headland pic.twitter.com/kuLb07tAtv

— Stephen Hutcheon (@lewgus) February 16, 2022

Randwick Council announced on Wednesday night that Malabar, Maroubra, Coogee, Clovelly and La Perouse beaches would also be closed for 24 hours while council lifeguards looked for any further sightings of sharks.

Dozens of people were swimming and paddle boarding at Little Bay Beach at the time of the attack.

It is the first fatality from a shark attack in Sydney since 1963.

Randwick Mayor Dylan Parker said the community was in shock.

“To lose someone to a shark attack like this is chilling. We are all in shock,” he said.

“Our entire community’s hearts go out to the family of the victim.”

Police will liaise with the Department of Primary Industry to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of the swimmer.

A report will be prepared for the Coroner.

The attack on Wednesday comes after a 20-year-old woman was bitten by a great white shark on the other side of the country just over a week ago.

Jacquelin Morley was paddling in an inflatable pool ring offshore at Kelp Beds Beach in Esperance, Western Australia when the 3 metre shark sunk its teeth into her.

The young swimmer is lucky to be alive after the horror attack

She managed to swim to shore where locals tended to her before she was flown to hospital in Perth.