An Australian surfer is presumed dead after a shark attack while his girlfriend and others watched in horror, only weeks into the couple’s six-month-long dream vacation. Steven Payne, 37, was surfing off Wharton Beach — a remote area of Western Australia about 480 miles from Perth — when the shark mauled him Monday afternoon,

A surfer is missing after a suspected shark attack at Wharton Beach. Authorities recovered a surfboard, and a search is underway. Witnesses recall horror as the incident unfolded.

A surfer in waters off the coast of Western Australia was killed by a shark Monday, and authorities have not yet been able to recover his body.