Officials received reports of the attack around 12:10 p.m. local time on Monday, the Western ... Shark Incident Database.

Melbourne man Steven Payne, 37, was on a six-month trip around the country travelling with his girlfriend and their pet dog when they stopped at a beach south ... shark attack in Western Australia.

It marks Australia’s fourth reported fatal shark attack in recent months. “I can confirm that our search is a recovery, not a ...

A surfer in waters off the coast of Western ... shark involved to be killed. Mr. Payne was on a six-month trip around Australia with his dog and his girlfriend, who witnessed the fatal attack ...

New Zealander Steven Payne, 37, was killed by a shark while surfing with his partner at Wharton Beach on the south west ... attack came just weeks into the couple’s six-month trip around ...

Following a shark attack in Western Australia on Monday, the search for a missing surfer has been suspended, according to local officials. Steven Payne, 37, was killed while surfing Wharton Beach.

A dream vacation ended in tragedy for an Australian surfer mauled to death by a shark in Western Australia ... The fatal attack occurred on Monday, but authorities have yet to recover Payne ...

A man in his 30s is missing after a suspected shark attack off Western Australia's south coast. Witnesses of the incident claim the man was in chest-deep water before being attacked by a shark.