A surfer has been mauled by a shark off the coast of South .
The 64-year-old was about 200 metres off the shore at at Blackspoint, near Elliston, when he was attacked at 3:15pm on Tuesday afternoon.
He managed to escape and swam to shore where he refused ambulance service and drove himself to Elliston Hospital.
Police have confirmed the man is now in a stable condition and that he will be airlifted to Royal Adelaide Hospital.
A picture of his surfboard shows chunks were bitten out of it during the attack.
A picture of the man’s surfboard shows chunks were bitten out of it during the attack
The 64-year-old was about 200 metres off the shore at Elliston in South when he was attacked on Tuesday afternoon
Surfing website Beach Grit claimed the victim was ‘bitten between the a** and leg by a Great White’.
‘He paddled in but refused an ambulance, reflecting the chaotic nature of a Great White hit and the difference just a few millimetres can make,’ the website added.
The attack comes just a week after 15-year-old Khai Cowley died when his leg was bitten off at Ethel Beach in the Innes National Park, on the Yorke Peninsula of South .
The young surf champ was visiting the break with his dad when he was bitten by the great white before he was pulled from the water by a local.
Surfing website Beach Grit claimed the victim was ‘bitten between the a** and leg by a Great White’
The attack comes just a week after 15-year-old Khai Cowley died when his leg was bitten off at Ethel Beach in the Innes National Park, on the Yorke Peninsula of South