Port Noarlunga shark assault: Diver undergoes surgical procedure

An skilled diver has needed to have a few of her tooth faraway from her cranium after she was bitten by a Nice White shark on the face.

Bridgette O’Shannessy, 32, was attacked whereas swimming together with her companion off a reef shelf at Port Noarlunga, south of Adelaide, on Friday at about 1.20pm.

Ms O’Shannessy has since undergone two surgical procedures at Flinders Medical Centre after shedding a few of her tooth and struggling nerve injury.

Regardless of the horrific facial accidents, Ms O’Shannessy is now in a steady situation and is predicted to make a full restoration. 

Emergency providers are seen on the scene after the surprising shark assault

Ms O’Shannessy is an skilled diver and environmental advisor at Flinders College and had been free diving on the time of the assault.

Her companion was by her facet when the Nice White appeared and is known to have pushed the shark away, Seven Information reported.

South Australia Police stated in an announcement that officers evacuated the water following the incident ‘whereas a search to find the shark was undertaken’.

‘Members of the general public have since returned to the water after the search did not find the shark,’ a police spokesperson stated.

The seaside stays open and the Westpac Lifesaver helicopter was doing the rounds looking out for the shark on Saturday.

The newest shark assault comes after a surfer was mauled to dying by an enormous 4.2-metre Nice White shark close to Granite Rock south of Streaky Bay, SA, final week.

The horrific incident claimed the lifetime of 55-year-old native man Todd Gendle.

Ms O’Shannessy is an skilled diver and environmental advisor at Flinders College and had been free diving on the time of the assault