Les Wade had been surfing alone at Seven Mile Beach, Gerroa, for an hour on Saturday morning when a wave brought him closer to shore about 8.30am.
He’d just gotten off his board and was standing on the sand in waist-deep water about 60 feet from shore. He started walking and was just about to jump back on his board when he felt something hit him from behind. At first he thought it was another surfer knocking into him but when he turned around there was a 6 ft shark staring at him.
The shark eventually took off but had already chowed down on Wade’s leg and foot. The shark’s teeth had dragged some deep wounds along his skin, including a 6″ gash on his shin and a wound to the heel. You could peel the skin back see the bone. Ew.
Wade’s wounds were cleaned and checked for any lingering shark teeth before receiving more than 50 stitches. He was released from hospital five hours later.
Ha had planned to return to the ocean as soon as possible but after a rough night of reliving the incident in his head, he’s having second thoughts.
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