Another shark attack in South Australia
A surfer has been attacked by a shark on the state’s west coast.
A surfer was bitten at Elliston.
The 64-year-old man was surfing at Elliston on the Eyre Peninsula on Tuesday when he was bitten, South Australian police say.
He was treated at the local hospital before being flown to Adelaide.
The latest shark attack comes less than two weeks after 15-year-old Khai Cowley was fatally mauled while surfing off Ethel Beach on the Yorke Peninsula.
Three other people were killed by sharks and two injured in South Australian waters in 2023.
Teacher Simon Baccanello, 46, died in a suspected shark attack while surfing at Walkers Rock Beach, about 365km west of Adelaide in May, before 55-year-old Tod Gendle was killed surfing at Granites Beach on the state’s west coast in October.
Their bodies have not been recovered.
– with AAP
