Person ‘seriously injured’ in shark attack off coast of Yorke Peninsula, police say

Police say emergency services are responding to reports a person has been seriously injured in a shark attack off South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula.

SA Police said it received a report of a shark attack near Ethel Beach at 1:30pm.

Ethel Beach is located at Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park on the south-western tip of the peninsula.

The site is named after the wreck of the Ethel, a Norwegian ship which washed ashore in 1904.

“Initial information from the scene reported one person has been seriously injured,” police said in a statement.

The shark attack is the latest of several in South Australian waters in recent months.

In May, 46-year-old surfer Simon Baccanello was fatally attacked at Walkers Rock Beach near Elliston on Eyre Peninsula.

In November another surfer, Tod Gendle, was killed further up the west coast near Streaky Bay.

The 55-year-old was knocked off his board by a shark while he was paddling into the water near Granites Beach.

Days after that attack, environmental science honours student Bridgette O’Shannessy suffered serious injuries when she was bitten on the head near the jetty at Port Noarlunga.

In October, south-east woman Pam Cook was left with leg injuries when she was attacked by a shark while swimming near the jetty at Beachport.

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