A surfer is "lucky" to survive a shark attack off the coast of New South Wales with just minor injuries after his surfboard was targeted by a bull shark in the fourth incident in area in three days.

The end of Australia’s long summer school holidays usually draws crowds to the beach but a spate of shark attacks in the country’s most populous state has triggered warnings to stay out of the water.

A BRAVE friend of a 12-year-old boy who was mauled by a shark in Sydney Harbour has told how he jumped into bloodied waters to save his mate. Nico Antic was rock jumping with two friends from a

In a span of 48 hours, a 12-year-old boy, an 11-year-old boy and two male surfers were attacked by sharks in New South Wales as of Tuesday. Of them, three shark

An Australian fisherman was filmed reeling in a large bull shark near a popular Sydney beach this week amid a wave of attacks in the region.

A 12-year-old mauled by a shark in Australia’s Sydney Harbour has been identified as Nico Antic, with a family friend saying the boy had suffered “devastating injuries”. Antic was attacked on Sunday afternoon while swimming with friends near Shark Beach in Vaucluse, an affluent harbourside suburb in Sydney’s east.

Authorities warned that recent rainfall has left the water off area beaches murky, which increased the risk of bull shark attacks.

A 12-year-old boy is in critical condition after being bitten by a shark in Sydney Harbour, officials said Monday

The attacks have left two people in hospital, with people asking why bull sharks are having such an impact on New South Wales' beaches.

SHARK mayhem has shaken Australia’s New South Wales coastline after a fourth vicious attack in the space of just 48 hours. A 39-year-old surfer “sustained a wound to his chest”