Search for surfer attacked by a shark in South Australia

A large search effort continues on South Australia’s west coast to recover the body of a surfer who was taken by a shark yesterday.

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00:00Police have confirmed the identity of yesterday's fatal shark attack victim as 28-year-old Port

00:09Lincoln man Lance Appleby.

00:11He was surfing at Granites Beach near Streaky Bay just after 7 o'clock last night when the

00:17attack happened.

00:18Police and emergency services launched a large-scale land, sea and air search.

00:24They've continued those search efforts today.

00:27They say they've bolstered resources but are yet to recover the 28-year-old's body.

00:33Police have also said there were a number of witnesses on the beach and in the area

00:37at the time of the attack.

00:39Here's what one of them had to say.

00:41We know it's known for being a sharky area and we were a bit nervous about it seeing

00:48heaps of surfers out there on the breaks.

00:52They were some nice breaks but looked pretty sketchy with the sharks.

00:55We just try to stay away from that beach.

00:57Really tragic what happened.

00:59Really thinking of his family and his friends and all his loved ones at this tragic time.

01:04Local fishermen have also been raising concerns about shark sightings in the region.

01:10One of them posting just yesterday on social media that a large aggressive great white

01:15shark had been seen in the vicinity of Granites Bay just yesterday.

01:21This is the fourth fatal shark attack in South Australia in just 20 months.

01:27One of those fatalities, a 55-year-old man, was killed in 2023 on the same stretch of

01:33beach and his body was never recovered.