Surfer knocked from his board by great white shark at popular WA beach off Rottnest Island

Huge great white shark knocks a surfer off his board in a frightening collision near a popular beach – but lives to tell the tale

  • Man was knocked off his surfboard by three metre Great White Shark off WA
  • Surfer was not injured and managed to swim ashore before alerting authorities
  • Salmon Beach off popular tourist spot Rottnest Island closed until 3pm Tuesday

A surfer had a terrifying ordeal with a great white shark after he was knocked from his board in a frightening collision at a popular beach.

The man was surfing at Chickens break at Salmon Beach, 500m off Rottnest Island near Perth on Monday when he had a scary ordeal with the three-metre predator.

The surfer was not injured and managed to swim ashore before alerting authorities.

A surfer has had a terrifying encounter with a three metre Great White Shark (stock image)

‘(Fisheries) Shark Operations Manager confirmed the details and commenced shark incident response with Rottnest Authority Rangers,’ Fisheries WA said. 

Salmon Beach will be closed between Parker Point and Green Island until at least 3pm on Tuesday.

The shark sighting was reported just after a 2.5m bull shark was spotted in the Swan River in Perth near the Narrows Bridge.

There were also unconfirmed sightings of a shark at Perth’s Leighton Beach earlier in the morning, Surf Life Saving WA said.