Surfer Bitten by Shark at Point Plomer, NSW Mid North Coast

A surfer has escaped serious injury after being bitten by a shark on the New South Wales Mid North Coast in the fourth confirmed shark attack on the state's coastline in the past 48 hours. The 39-year-old man was surfing at Point Plomer, near Crescent Head, on Tuesday morning when the shark bit through his board. The man has been taken to hospital with minor cuts and grazes to one of his legs. Local surfers said they witnessed what they believed to be multiple bull sharks in the water at the time of the attack. Shark surveillance drones have been deployed to the area. All beaches are now closed from Queens Head to Big Hill. Surf Life Saving NSW chief executive, Steve Pearce, said the surfer was lucky to be alive and was now recovering at Kempsey District Hospital. “The area is known to have some shark activity up there," he told the ABC. “[He's] very fortunate to not have sustained any serious injuries." Surfer suffers critical injuries Just after 6pm on Monday, a 27-year-old man suffered critical injuries after being bitten by a shark at North Steyne Beach in Manly, on Sydney's northern beaches. Police said the man sustained "life-changing injuries" and remains in critical condition following surgery. Swimming spots on the northern beaches have been closed to surfers and swimmers for the next 48 hours following a spate of shark attacks. Earlier on Monday, a young surfer escaped uninjured after a shark bit off a chunk of his surfboard at Dee Why Beach in the northern beaches. The incidents happened less than a day after a boy was left in a critical condition with injuries to both legs in a suspected bull shark attack near Vaucluse's Shark Beach.