The incident took place at Kelp Beds in Wylie Bay near Esperance, a town on the coast of Western Australia.
Sav Marafioti, 17, was surfing at North Beach when a bronze whaler shark snatched him and dragged him off his board and under the water by his leg rope. The teenager now has a message for fellow surfers. Last updated: October 10, 2020 - 11:29 pm (+00:00).
Sav Marafioti, 17, was surfing at North Beach in Perth when a bronze whaler shark snatched him and dragged him off his board and under the water by his leg rope.
Protected species in the area include the great white, whale, grey nurse and whaler sharks. The search and recovery mission was ultimately suspended today due to poor weather conditions and will start again tomorrow 7:00 a.m. local time.
Police confirmed in a Facebook post that it received information about a possible shark attack from St John Ambulance at approximately 10:45 a.m. yesterday. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Six different organisations took to the popular Wylie Bay (pictured), near Esperance, on Friday to search for Mr Sharpe but authorities said chances of his survival were 'pretty slim'. The victim, who has been identified by authorities as Andrew Sharpe, was the focus of an intense police search and recovery mission yesterday after witnesses reported that he was pulled from his board by a shark estimated to be up to 13-foot-long.
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In 2017, a 17-year-old called Laeticia Brouwer died after being bitten by a great white.
She was mauled by a juvenile great white shark and left with extensive injuries to her leg. “Fisheries officers will continue to conduct patrols from Wylie Bay to Cape Le Grand throughout the weekend,” government officials said in an advisory today. Chairman of the Esperance Ocean Safety and Support Group, Mitchell Capelli, said he was left shaking after hearing of the attack on Mr Sharpe. Yesterday, a surfboard was also recovered from the ocean with “obvious signs of shark attack,” WA Police Senior Sergeant Justin Tarasinski said in a media briefing. Australian police are searching for the remains of a 52-year-old man who was bitten by a shark while surfing in Australia on Friday. Australian police are searching for the remains of a 52-year-old man who was bitten by a shark while surfing in Australia on Friday. After researching different charities, Doyle and Rapley decided to set up a crowdfunding campaign for the Australian Marine Conservation Society who promote ocean health. Chantelle and Mark want to turn what happened into a positive.
“We don’t hold any ongoing hope unfortunately for Mr Sharpe’s survival,” Tarasinski said as the hunt for remains continued. A teenager who was attacked by a shark at a Perth beach has spoken about the moment he thought he would die. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline.
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