Another Shark Attack

Another One Bites The Board

This time, a surfer on the North Coast was bitten by a shark.

The 26-year-old man's lower left leg and foot were lacerated in the attack off Shelly beach, near Ballina, a Lismore Base Hospital spokesman Robin Osborne said.

"As I understand it he was actually bitten on the lower leg," Mr Osborne said.

He said doctors would keep the man in hospital overnight and assess his injuries in the morning.

"A decision will then be made on his circumstances," he said.

Police said the shark pulled the man from his boogie board at Shelly Beach between Ballina and Lennox Head, about 8am (AEDT) today.

"He managed to raise the alarm with his friend, he swam towards shore, got back onto his boogie board and his friend came in and then went out and actually assisted him back into the beach," Inspector David Driver told reporters.

Paramedics who airlifted the man for treatment at Lismore Base Hospital said his friends were initially unaware of the attack.

"He was catching a wave when the shark bit him ... he didn't see the shark at all," Westpac Rescue Helicopter pilot David Milnes said.

"His mates didn't even know what happened."

Mr Milnes said the surfer was conscious and talking during the flight to hospital.

No one seems to have seen the shark to identify its size or species

They don't even know if it was one-eyed. That's attack no. 4 this summer if I'm counting them right, and by the way, here's a nice link about shark attacks.