Port Macquarie shark attack | August 25, 2023 - video Dailymotion

A 44-year-old Port Macquarie man has been attacked by a shark at Lighthouse Beach, Port Macquarie.

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00:00 [Sounds of waves]

00:18 Shortly after 10 o'clock this morning, the paramedics were alerted to a shark incident here.

00:24 There was a lot of surfers here at the time who were able to assist this guy to shore and assist with first aid until the paramedics arrived.

00:33 And very shortly after, the patient was taken by ambulance under police escort straight to hospital.

00:42 With shark incidents, things kind of happen quite quickly, so obviously it's only a matter of minutes to give someone first aid.

00:49 The first aid has been bit by a shark, getting them to the paramedics and in the ambulance is a priority, so that all happened quite quickly.

00:58 The surfer's life-saving response was quite quick as well, but within those 10 to 15 minutes, the patient was already on their way to hospital.

01:06 Very good conditions here, so there were quite a lot of surfers here.

01:10 The word is that one of the surfers involved was either a doctor or some highly skilled, trained in medical.

01:20 So, yeah, I guess the guy so far has had the best response he could have had.

01:27 How long it's been since there was been a shark attack at this particular beach?

01:32 I can't remember the year exactly, but at this particular beach, it has been quite a while, maybe close to 10 years.

01:39 But the location is very close to where we are today.

01:42 We'll keep the beach closed for at least 24 hours.

01:45 Obviously, there's a drone, a surfer's life-saving drone, flying, monitoring shark activity.

01:50 So if there are other sharks spotted, we might keep the beaches closed a little bit longer.

01:57 But, yeah, at least 24 hours at this stage.

02:00 [ Silence ]