Overview

• The attack occurred about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at The Sewer in D’Estrees Bay, where a shark bit a surfer in his 50s multiple times on the leg.
• South Australia Police say the injuries are not life-threatening; Berryman received emergency treatment in Kingscote and about 50 stitches.
• Video and eyewitnesses describe a seal darting past the surfers with the suspected bronze whaler in pursuit, with the seal appearing to use Berryman as cover.
• Berryman, a tour guide and veteran surfer, says he punched the shark as it returned several times before he reached the rocks and got help.
• A retired doctor surfing with him and bystanders provided first aid and drove him for care, and the beach remains open with calls for caution at the well-known break.