Gruesome details have emerged after a man was brutally attacked by a shark at a popular surfing spot.
Witness Jeff Schmucker rode his jet ski out into the water at Granite Beach after a surfer was mauled by a shark
A 55-year-old surfer was mauled to death by a Great White near Granite Beach, 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 head into the water with his friend for a surf before the man was horrifically attacked by the animal.
‘As I turned around I saw the shark go and just launch and bite … over the top of the guy and bite and drag him down under the water and then nothing for a minute or two and blood everywhere and then up pops the board,’ Mr Brophy told The Advertiser.
‘That’s all it was, was this guy getting torn apart. I saw him in the wave and the shark had his body in his mouth. It was pretty gruesome.’
Fellow surfer Jeff Schmucker raced to the scene and said he spoke to one of the dozen people in the water who watched the horror unfold.
‘It attacked him from the side. He went under once and came up again and went under again and that’s the last the lad saw of him,’ Mr Schmucker told 7News.
Mr Schmucker later took his jet ski out into the surf to try and find the victim but then found himself close to a four-metre shark he believed to be the killer.
The only remains he found were the victim’s surfboard with a huge bite 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)
Police immediately responded and initiated a search with the assistance of Police Water Operations, PolAir, State Emergency Service and local volunteers following the attack.
The surfer is yet to be found.
Streaky Bay is located 700km northwest of Adelaide and is a popular coastal tourist town with nearby attractions including the Smooth Pool and High Cliffs.
The area is also well-known for its large great white shark population with a recognised breeding ground just down the coast from Streaky Bay in Elliston.
Emergency crews are seen at Granites Beach following the shark attack on Tuesday morning
Tuesday’s attack was the region’s second in recent weeks after South Australian woman Pamela Cook was mauled by a shark at Beachport on October 2.
The 64-year-old was on her morning swim with local community group Beachport Sea Urchins and Slugs when she was attacked shortly before 8am.
She was bitten on the leg and flown to Mount Gambier Hospital in a stable condition.
Just months earlier in May, 46-year-old Elliston man Simon Baccanello was killed in a shark attack on Walkers Rocks Beach.
The teacher was mauled some 30 to 50 metres offshore.
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