From the Coroners Report into Ben Lindens death.
https://www.coronerscourt.wa.gov.au/_fi ... inding.pdf
The shark circled underneath Mr Soulis and then surfaced to his right, close enough for him to feel the spray from its gills. As the decease was paddling parallel to the shore and away from Mr Soulis, the shark submerged and moved off from Mr Soulis to his front and left before turning and heading straight for him. When it got within about a metre of Mr Soulis, it turned and moved towards the deceased.
10. The deceased turned and saw the shark heading towards him. He knelt on his surfboard and raised his right leg out of the water to kick at the shark, but the shark attacked, taking the deceased in its mouth.
11. In the meantime, Mr Soulis had been pushed towards shore by a small wave that dropped out from under him when he was about half way into shore. When he looked back, he could see the shark circling the deceased’s lifeless body.
12. Just to the north of the deceased, Mr Holmes was on his jet ski, towing Mr Smith on a surfboard. Mr Holmes saw that the deceased was being attacked by a white pointer shark about 50 metres in front of him, so he dropped Mr Smith off at the shore and went back out with the jet ski to assist the deceased. Mr Holmes estimated that the shark was about 5.5 metres long because it was about twice as long as his 3.3 metre jet ski.
13. When Mr Holmes got to the deceased, he saw him floating face down in the water with a leg gone and part of the other one also missing. He tried to pull the deceased onto the jet ski, but the shark moved between the deceased and the jet ski and bumped the jet ski.
14. Mr Holmes circled the jet ski around and returned to the deceased, but the shark took the deceased’s body in its mouth and swam towards the shore in the wash of the
waves. About 10 seconds later the shark came back past Mr Holmes with its mouth closed.
15. Mr Holmes then picked up Mr Soulis and together they tried to find the deceased, but they did not find any trace of him except for his surfboard, which had a bite taken out of it by the shark.
Mr Holmes called ‘000’ and emergency response personnel attended.
17. A land, sea and air search was conducted for the deceased and for any evidence of the shark attack, but nothing was found. The land component of the search continued until 12.00 noon on Tuesday 17 July 2012 without result.
Don't bother apologising Beans.