gettyimages-148871048.jpg Belongil Beach, near Byron Bay. His flatmate Dane Davidson told the ABC that he was only 15 metres away when the shark attacked, knocking the surfer from his board. Mr Davidson and a second man used a surfboard leg rope as a tourniquet to stem the bleeding until paramedics arrived. However, they believe a juvenile white shark attacked the man. In 2014, a 50-year-old man was killed after being attacked by a great white shark at nearby Clarkes Beach.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 17, 2019 06:22 UTC