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Surfer attacked by shark in South Australia
A surfer has been attacked by a shark at a South Australian beach, less than two weeks after teenager Khai Cowley was fatally mauled by a suspected great white.
January 9, 2024
A surfer has been attacked by a shark in South Australia.
The 64-year-old man was surfing on Tuesday at Elliston on the Eyre Peninsula when bitten, South Australian police say.
He suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was driven to the local hospital for initial treatment.
The man is being airlifted to Adelaide.
The attack comes less than two weeks after 15-year-old Khai Cowley was fatally mauled by a suspected great white while surfing off remote Ethel Beach on the Yorke Peninsula.
Khai’s death was part of a horror year for SA beachgoers, with three people killed by sharks and another two injured in the state’s 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.