Shark attack: surfer missing after multiple witnesses see incident at Western Australia beach

A surfboard was recovered from the water at Wylie Bay but the male surfer has not been located, a police spokesman says

A surfer is missing after receiving a serious shark bite" in front of fellow surfers at a beach near Esperance in Western Australia.

Police on Friday evening said several witnesses had seen the man being attacked at Kelp Beds beach in Wylie Bay before 11am local time. A surfboard with obvious signs of shark attack" was recovered a short time later.