Authorities in South Australia are searching the waters of the Great Australian Bight for the body of a surfer presumed dead after being attacked by a shark.

The news was a blow to Mr Appleby's family, who are locals to the Eyre Peninsula - an area known ... four metre great white shark while surfing at the same beach in October 2023.

A memorial paddle-out was held just over a week after 28-year-old Lance Appleby was attacked while surfing Granite's Beach in South Australia.

A search will resume on Friday morning for a missing surfer off South Australia's west coast amid fears of a fatal shark attack.

The Eyre Peninsula community have been left shell ... was fatally mauled while swimming at a surf break at Granites Beach. Streaky Bay search continues for missing surfer, Lance Appleby.

UniSA shark researcher Brianna Le Busque said that the Eyre Peninsula was a shark hot ... killed by a great white shark while surfing at Ethel Wreck Beach, near Marion Bay on the southwest coast ...

(Nine) Appleby was surfing near Granites Beach, south of Streaky Bay on the Eyre Peninsula, when witnesses say a shark attacked him. (Nine) Auto news: Mazda 6 confirmed to live on as reskinned ...

According to witnesses, Lance Appleby, 28, was attacked by a shark just after 7 p.m. local time Thursday while surfing off a remote stretch of coast on the western side of the Eyre Peninsula ...