Rescue chopper called after Fraser Island shark bite
A surfer has had a terrifying encounter with a 5m-long great white shark at one of the Gold Coast’s most popular beaches this afternoon. It comes as another man was bitten on the hand off Fraser Island.
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A Gold Coast Coast surfer has told of a terrifying encounter with a monster great white shark that ‘bumped’ his board in the latest in a growing number of shark sightings off the Glitter Strip.
The surfer posted a report of his brush with a five-metre great white at Burleigh about 5.30pm on Thursday, on the popular Dorsal Watch website.
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“Large white shark came from below and bumped the back of my board,” the surfer’s post read.
“Turned around to see it take off and head up the coast.
“Scariest encounter of my life!”
It comes after another surfer recounted a brush with a great white across the border at Cabarita.
Surfers are still coming to terms with last week’s horrific fatal attack by a white pointer on Gold Coast real estate agent Nick Slater who was killed by a 3.5-metre shark at Greenmount Beach on the southern Gold Coast.
It comes as a man has been rushed to hospital after being bitten by a shark off Fraser Island.
The attack happened about 3.35pm today.
It is understood the man was on a fishing vessel 35km off the eastern side of the island, when he caught what is believed to have been a whitetip shark.
The patient told rescuers he was attempting to unhook the animal from his fishing line when it attacked his arm.
He sustained significant hand injuries and was flown to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital this afternoon in a stable condition.
The man was not believed to be swimming at the time of the attack.