A WOMAN has been left fighting for her life after a shark bit her head when she was diving.
The 32-year-old suffered “extremely serious head injuries”, and is in hospital.
The worrying scene as emergency services arrived to help a woman who had been bit in a horror shark attack
The SA Ambulance were first on the scene after getting horror reports of a shark mauling a woman’s face.
Emergency services rushed to Port Noarlunga in Adelaide after the terrifying event and found the woman conscious and breathing but with severe facial injuries.
Images from the scene show swimmers frantically leaving the water and helping to hold up plastic sheets and barriers to protect the woman’s privacy.
In a statement, police say the dangerous beast wasn’t found even after the beach was evacuated.
It read: “Police with the assistance of other emergency services evacuated the water while a search to locate the shark was undertaken.”
“Members of the public have since returned to the water after the search failed to locate the shark.”
The woman was taken to Flinders Medical Centre for further treatment.
It comes just a week after a 55-year-old South Australian surfer named Tod Gendle was fatally killed by a shark at a beach near Streaky Bay.
That was the second death in South Austarlia this year after Simon Baccanello, 46, a teacher was killed by a shark near Elliston.