Police struggled to identify the swimmer killed by a suspected four to five metre great white shark near a popular beach after he suffered "catastrophic injuries".
According to the statement, officers who attended the scene, alongside Marine Area Command and Surf Life Saving NSW, found "human remains" in the water.
There are doubts over whether a suspected 4.5 metre great white shark will ever be found after a Sydney swimmer was horrifically mauled to death off the rocks at Malabar.
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