The man was out catching waves shortly after dawn at Belongil Beach when police said he was “bitten on the leg by a shark”. Images taken shortly after appeared to show a chunk bitten out of the tail of the man’s surfboard. “He was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics, before being airlifted to Gold Coast University Hospital,” police said. Despite tens of millions of trips to the beach taken in Australia every year, shark attacks are rare. There were 27 shark attacks in Australian waters last year, according to data compiled by Sydney’s Taronga Zoo, including one fatal incident.

Source: The Guardian February 17, 2019 09:11 UTC