A shark has attacked a man at Britomart Reef, 120 kilometres north of Townsville, in North Queensland.
Police said a 59-year-old man from South Mission Beach was bitten on the upper thigh.
The Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) said the man was in a critical condition.
He was taken on a boat to the Dungeness boat ramp at Lucinda about 1.10pm on Sunday, where he was initially treated by paramedics.
#Update – One patient has been airlifted in a critical condition to Townsville Hospital following earlier shark bite at #Lucinda
— Queensland Ambulance (@QldAmbulance) October 25, 2020
He was then airlifted to Townsville University Hospital, where he is undergoing surgery.
Britomart Reef is a popular snorkelling and spearfishing site off Hinchinbrook.
A QPS spokesman said the man had been spearfishing east of Hinchinbrook when the attack happened.
They said the man had been with a local group.
–ABC
