Granites Beach, South Australia, shark attack: Witness tells how victim was seen disappearing beneath the surf

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Grotesque particulars have emerged after a person was brutally attacked by a shark at a preferred browsing spot. 

Witness Jeff Schmucker rode his jet ski out into the water at Granite Beach after a surfer was mauled by a shark

Witness Jeff Schmucker rode his jet ski out into the water at Granite Seashore after a surfer was mauled by a shark

A 55-year-old surfer was mauled to loss of life by a Nice White close to Granite Seashore, south of Streaky Bay, South Australia, at about 10.20am on Tuesday.

Ian Brophy, 70, from Angourie, on the NSW north-coast was about to move into the water together with his buddy for a surf earlier than the person was horrifically attacked by the animal. 

‘As I circled I noticed the shark go and simply launch and chew … excessive of the man and chew and drag him down below the water after which nothing for a minute or two and blood all over the place after which up pops the board,’ Mr Brophy instructed The Advertiser

‘That’s all it was, was this man getting torn aside. I noticed him within the wave and the shark had his physique in his mouth. It was fairly ugly.’

Fellow surfer Jeff Schmucker raced to the scene and mentioned he spoke to one of many dozen folks within the water who watched the horror unfold.

‘It attacked him from the facet. He went below as soon as and got here up once more and went below once more and that’s the final the lad noticed of him,’ Mr Schmucker instructed 7News

Mr Schmucker later took his jet ski out into the surf to attempt to discover the sufferer however then discovered himself near a four-metre shark he believed to be the killer.

The one stays he discovered had been the sufferer’s surfboard with an enormous chew mark in it, with Mr Schmucker describing the shark as a ‘f**king monster’.

A surfer has been mauled to death by a monster 4.2metre shark at an isolated beach, witnesses have revealed (pictured is a shark seen in the area soon after)

A surfer has been mauled to death by a monster 4.2metre shark at an isolated beach, witnesses have revealed (pictured is a shark seen in the area soon after)

A surfer has been mauled to loss of life by a monster 4.2metre shark at an remoted seashore, witnesses have revealed (pictured is a shark seen within the space quickly after)

Police instantly responded and initiated a search with the help of Police Water Operations, PolAir, State Emergency Service and native volunteers following the assault. 

The surfer is but to be discovered. 

Streaky Bay is situated 700km northwest of Adelaide and is a well-liked coastal vacationer city with close by sights together with the Clean Pool and Excessive Cliffs. 

The realm can be well-known for its massive nice white shark inhabitants with a recognised breeding floor simply down the coast from Streaky Bay in Elliston.

Emergency crews are seen at Granites Beach following the shark attack on Tuesday morning

Emergency crews are seen at Granites Beach following the shark attack on Tuesday morning

Emergency crews are seen at Granites Seashore following the shark assault on Tuesday morning 

Tuesday’s assault was the area’s second in latest weeks after South Australian girl Pamela Cook was mauled by a shark at Beachport on October 2.

The 64-year-old was on her morning swim with local people group Beachport Sea Urchins and Slugs when she was attacked shortly earlier than 8am.

She was bitten on the leg and flown to Mount Gambier Hospital in a secure situation.

Simply months earlier in Might, 46-year-old Elliston man Simon Baccanello was killed in a shark attack on Walkers Rocks Seashore.

The instructor was mauled some 30 to 50 metres offshore.

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