Australian Surfer Missing After Witnesses Say Massive Shark Grabbed Him In Waves

Authorities in South Australia are searching for the remains of a 55-year-old man whos believed to have been killed by a great white shark described by some witnesses as around 13 feet long while out surfing Tuesday morning.

The man was in the water near Granites Beach, south of Streaky Bay, when witnesses reported seeing him vanish in the waves around 10:20 a.m., local police said.

(The shark) grabbed him, pulled him back down, brought him back up, pulled him back down again, one witness told 7 News Australia .

EXCLUSIVE: 7NEWS has obtained exclusive video of a monster white pointer minutes after it mauled a surfer at Granite Rock, south of Streaky Bay. The latest in 7NEWS Adelaide at 6pm | https://t.co/ZayjP2JYZK #7NEWS pic.twitter.com/2norrEBxen

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EXCLUSIVE: 7NEWS has obtained exclusive video of a monster white pointer minutes after it mauled a surfer at Granite Rock, south of Streaky Bay. The latest in 7NEWS Adelaide at 6pm | https://t.co/ZayjP2JYZK #7NEWS pic.twitter.com/2norrEBxen
7NEWS Adelaide (@7NewsAdelaide) October 31, 2023

Local surfer Jeff Schmucker told the station that he jumped on a Jet Ski to try to find the man. While idling in the spot where children said they saw the man disappear, a massive great white shark started circling beside him.

I knew the shark would come to me if I just turned the ski off, and within a minute, it was a big female, turned up at the side of the ski, and I just circled with it for about a half of dozen circles, figuring that there might be some evidence of a body close to the shark, he told 7 News Australia .

Schmucker didnt see a body, but he did take a video of the animal that he shared with local news media. He described it as around 4 meters in length, or 13 feet. He also recovered the lost surfers board, which he said had a large bite taken out of it.