Onlookers have described the horrifying moment they saw a surfer being mauled by a 'monster ' Great White shark on South Australia 's west coast . The man has been identified by the Adelaide Advertiser as Chris Blowes . The 26-year-old is currently fighting for his life in hospital . Mr Blowes was surfing about 350 metres offshore near Right Point on the south-western side of Fishery Bay in Port Lincoln National Park , when he was attacked at 9.45am on Saturday . Mr Blowes was out in the surf with about a dozen others when she 'massive ' shark struck . Shocked witnesses recall seeing what they believed was a six-metre great white shark swimming away with the surfer 's leg and a surfboard in its jaw . 'The shark came in and bit his leg off and the guys helped him in and carried him up the cliff , ' said Glenn Lugg , who has been surfing in the area for 25 years . ' I was just watching the shark go out to the ocean with his board still attached . Obviously the shark still had his leg and he was still swimming around with it , ' Mr Lugg told Adelaide Now . Scroll down for video . The shark victim was taken to hospital before being airlifted to Adelaide for further treatment on Saturday . Mr Lugg was told to call an ambulance while his fellow surfers pulled Mr Blowes from the water , up the beach on a surfboard and into a car to take the 26-year-old to hospital . The shocked witness said the experience was 'pretty traumatic ' , but that everyone involved did a great job . A friend of Mr Blowes , Ty Swan , described the 26-year-old as a 'good bloke ' , and that he had been bitten in the middle of the thigh . Mr Swan placed a sign at the popular tourist beach to let others know of the attack . Another witness , who was surfing at the time , told Daily Mail Australia that 'there was blood everywhere ' . The injured man was initially taken to Port Lincoln Hospital with life-threatening injuries but been been airlifted to Adelaide for further treatment . Shocked witnesses said after the attack , which took place at Fishery Bay , South Australia , the six-metre shark was seen swimming away with the surfer 's leg in its mouth . The man was airlifted to Adelaide for further treatment after he was bitten by a shark . Another man said those closest to the badly injured surfer acted quickly without any thought of danger to themselves . ' I was just watching the shark go out to the ocean with his board still attached , ' another witness told the Sunday Mail . 'Obviously the shark still had his leg and he was still swimming around with it . ' The man said even though he was 50 metres from the shark , he could see its 'massive ' pectoral fin - and he had no doubts it was a great white shark , the most feared creature in the sea . However details of the type of shark and the man 's injuries have not been released or confirmed . Surfer is in a critical condition after being attacked by a shark in Fishery Bay , Port Lincoln , in South Australia . Fishery Bay is on South Australia 's west coast , which is about seven hours from Adelaide . Witnesses have described the horrifying moment that saw the man being mauled by a Great White shark . After the shark victim had been brought ashore and carried up a slope to a parking area , he was loaded into a car . The man , who remains in a critical condition , has been airlifted via a MedSTAR retrieval team to the Royal Adelaide Hospital for further treatment . Police were working with Fisheries officials , the local council and Surf Life Saving SA to post signs on the beach warning others promptly after the shark attack . The attacked happened during conditions that police and marine experts have previously said are dangerous . The overcast conditions make it difficult for surfers to see sharks that might be in the area and it is believed that sharks often mistake humans for seals or dolphins . The incident comes after surfer Jake Heron managed to fight off a four metre Great White at the same beach 10 years ago which attacked him just 10 metres from shore by punching and kicking it . He escaped with 20 stitches in his arm and 40 stitches in his thigh . Jake Heron was mauled by a four-metre Great White in 2005 . Wildcatch Fisheries SA chairman Jonas Woolford said the number of shark sightings in the area had risen recently . 'There has been a number of sightings just recently actually at a number of locations along the coast near to Fishery Bay , just around the corner , the sightings have said that the sharks have been rather aggressive actually , ' Mr Woolford told the ABC . 'It 's been reported that there has n't been many for about 10 or so weeks , so whether those ones that have been laying low are now coming back to the areas which they normally frequent and they may be rather hungry ... but yes , there has been more sightings around just recently . '
A man is in a critical condition after a shark attack in South Australia . Police said the man was attacked about 350 metres at Fishery Bay . The man was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries . The attack happened shortly before 10am on Saturday . Witnesses claimed a Great White shark has bitten off the man 's leg . The shark victim has been airlifted to Adelaide for further treatment . South Australia has been the site of numerous shark attacks .