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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Ben Doherty

‘Every surfer feeling this’: tight-knit community mourns fatal shark attack on Sydney’s northern beaches

A drone view of Long Reef beach
A drone view of Long Reef beach, where a surfer died after being attacked by a large shark. Photograph: Robert Joodat/Instagram @ramin3m/Reuters

The Sydney man had been in the water with mates for about half an hour on Saturday morning off the city’s northern beaches.

The arrival of spring, after weeks of torrential rain, and an easing swell, had sent thousands back to the water across the city.

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