A surfer has escaped serious injury after being bitten by a shark on the New South Wales Mid North Coast in the fourth confirmed shark attack on the state’s coastline in the past 48 hours.<\/p>\n
The 39-year-old man was surfing at Point Plomer, near Crescent Head, on Tuesday morning when the shark bit through his board.<\/p>\n
The man has been taken to hospital with minor cuts and grazes to one of his legs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Surf Life Saving NSW chief executive, Steve Pearce, said the surfer was lucky to be alive and was now recovering at Kempsey District Hospital.<\/p>\n
Shark surveillance drones were operating in the area at the time of the attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n
All beaches are now closed from Queens Head to Big Hill.<\/p>\n
Just after 6pm on Monday, a 27-year-old man suffered critical injuries after being bitten by a shark at North Steyne Beach in Manly, on Sydney’s northern beaches.<\/p>\n
Police said the man sustained “life-changing injuries” and remains in critical condition following surgery.<\/p>\n
Swimming spots on the northern beaches have been closed to surfers and swimmers for the next 48 hours following a spate of shark attacks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Earlier on Monday, a young surfer escaped uninjured<\/a> after a shark bit off a chunk of his surfboard at Dee Why Beach in the northern beaches.<\/p>\n