Sharks attack at Steyne South beach: a surfer injured in Manly

The man, less than 20 years old, was attacked around 6:30 pm (AEST) on the famous South Steyne beach in Manly. When the paramedics arrived, they found him with the foot injury and took him to the Northern Beaches Hospital. It is believed that he is in a stable state and that he is recovering.

The shark hit just 20 meters from the beach and the rescuers struggled to get the swimmers out of the water.

The shark alarm sounded as people were leaving the beach. The latest shark attack comes a few days after the discovery of a four meter tall white sand on Maroubra Beach, east of Sydney.

This observation followed a great white being caught in the nets off Maroubra on 4.65 m.

A recent series of shark attacks in Australia has revived the debate on how best to react to the risks they pose.

Melbourne doctor Daniel Christidis was killed on November 5th by a shark in the Whitsundays, Queensland, wounded in his leg and arm.

It was the third attack in Cid Harbor in six weeks and followed the murders of Hannah Papps, 12, and Justine Barwick, 46 at the same place.

A new badysis compiled by the consumer comparison website, finder.com.au, found that Australia has had the highest number of shark deaths in the world in the last 30 years.

"We looked at the attacks and deaths of sharks over a period of three decades and found that there were 47 deaths out of 50 in Australia," said Bessie Hbadan, insurance expert.

At that time, New South Wales had the highest number of attacks (146), followed by Queensland (86) and Western Australia (81).

The country's deadliest beach in the last 30 years has been Lennox Head, in northern New South Wales, where five people have died as a result of the shark attack.

"The beaches around Byron Bay are the most exposed to shark attacks, with 27 attacks in the last 30 years – three of which have been fatal," said Hbadan. "At the national level, the death rate over the past 30 years is 9%."

– with the Daily Telegraph and Shannon Molloy