Surfing student bitten by shark on calf and hand at Seven Mile Beach
A man who was learning to surf was bitten by a shark in multiple places on the state's south coast on Saturday.
The 24-year-old Sydney man was attacked during a surf lesson at Seven Mile Beach in Gerroa, south of Kiama on Saturday after 1pm, according to police.
He was reportedly in waist-deep water, with a group of about 40 people at the time of the attack.
The beach has been closed on Saturday afternoon as police and surf lifesavers investigate.
The man was treated at the scene and airlifted to St George Hospital for non-life threatening puncture wounds and deep lacerations to his leg and hand, a spokesman for NSW Ambulance said.
The man said he did not see a shark at the scene, and there have been no reports of a shark sighted at the beach, according to a spokesman for NSW Ambulance.
But the bite marks have "distinct puncture wounds" which are consistent with a shark, a spokesman for police confirmed.
The specific breed of shark has not yet been identified.
He remains in hospital in a stable condition.
with Illawarra Mercury
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