Esperance shire president Ron Chambers said ... His group has long called for stronger state government action to prevent shark attacks. They believe if a shark is hanging around a popular beach ...

Grave fears are held for a surfer attacked by a large shark in chest-deep water off a WA beach as the community is left reeling from the fourth suspected fatal mauling since 2017.

Yet another attack in the notoriously sharky region – this time on a swimmer at Sandtrax, a popular surf spot, outside of ...

A surfer is missing after a shark attack at Wharton Beach, east of Esperance, just after midday. Police say a board with visible bite marks was recovered from the water but the surfer has not been ...

A shark warning has been issued for a popular Western Australian beach after a swimmer was bit by a 1m wobbegong – just days after a fatal attack on a surfer near Esperance. The incident happened ...

Emergency services were called to Wharton Beach in Cape Le Grand, Condingup, approximately 60km east from Esperance, about 12.10pm AWST on Monday after reports of a possible shark bite incident.

WAtoday understands several people witnessed the attack at Wharton Beach in an incident that dragged on for minutes.

The family of a Victorian surfer who died during a horrific shark attack say they are “devastated” but would not support ...

Steven Payne, a 37-year-old holidaying from Melbourne, was in the water at Wharton Beach near Esperance when beachgoers heard screams and witnessed a sustained shark attack before the surfer ...

Before he was bitten, the shark ‘bumped the man multiple times’, a Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development spokesman said.

The incident happened on the state’s south coast about midday on Monday, about 60km east of Esperance. Surf Lifesaving WA issued an alert saying a possible shark bite incident had been reported ...