A teenage boy is in a critical condition in hospital after being bitten by a shark in Sydney Harbour late this afternoon.
About 4:20pm today, Sunday 18 January 2026, emergency services were called to Hermitage Foreshore Walk, Steele Point Road, Vaucluse, near Shark Beach, following reports of a boy being bitten by a shark.
The boy, believed to be aged about 13, was rescued from the water off Shark Beach by officers from Marine Area Command and Eastern Suburbs Police within minutes of the of the call being made to 000.
Water Police officer attached two medical tourniquets and was immediately given first aid on board the police vessel Water Police 41 for serious leg injuries before being transported to Rose Bay wharf, where NSW Ambulance Paramedics continued first aid.
The teen was transported to Children's Hospital at Randwick in a critical condition.
Swimmers are advised to avoid entering nearby waters at this time.
The injuries are consistent with what is believed to have been a large shark.
