A surfer is dead after a weekend shark attack off Sydney, Australia. The attack happened at Long Reef Beach on the morning of Saturday, September 6th.

The attack marked the fourth fatality of its kind in the country in 2025, according to the Australian Shark-Incident Database.

A shark hunt is underway off Australia’s east coast after a father was killed in a “freak” attack at a Sydney beach.

A "large shark" mauled a surfer to death at a popular Sydney beach on Saturday, Australian police and rescuers said, in a rare fatal attack that led to a string of beach closures. The 57-year-old local man had gone surfing with five or six friends in the Pacific waters off northern Sydney'

A man has died after being bitten by what officials are calling a "large shark," off a beach in Sydney, Australia, police confirmed Saturday.

A surfer attacked by a large shark at a Sydney beach died of his injuries, police said Saturday, the first such incident in more than 3 1/2 years, prompting the closure of several beaches.

Mercury Psillakis, 57, was mauled by a shark near Dee Why on Sydney’s northern beaches Saturday; he was pronounced dead on the scene.

A shark fatally mauled a man in his 50s at a beach near Sydney, Australia, and area beaches were closed on Saturday as drones searched for the predator, authorities said. Emergency crews were dispatched to Long Reef Beach shortly after 10 a.