Port Noarlunga Jetty shark attack: woman in hospital after being bitten on head

A 32-year-old woman has been left with serious injuries after a shark attack at Port Noarlunga Jetty in South Australia.

SA ambulance services said the woman was bitten on the head at about 1.20pm at the beach, which is south of Adelaide.

A spokesperson said the injuries were “serious” and that the woman was taken to Flinders Medical Centre.

According to SA police, the woman’s injuries were not life-threatening.

In a statement, police say they failed to find the shark after a evacuating the beach, and have since allowed members of the public to return to the water.

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“Police with the assistance of other emergency services evacuated the water while a search to locate the shark was undertaken.”

“Members of the public have since returned to the water after the search failed to locate the shark.”

It comes less than two weeks after 55-year-old surfer Tod Gendle was killed after he was attacked by a great white shark at Streaky Bay on South Australia’s west coast.

That was the second fatal incident on the Eyre peninsula this year, after local school teacher Simon Baccanello, 43, was attacked by a shark at Walker Rock beach near Elliston.