Swimmer is mauled to death by a shark at a NETTED beach in Australia

A surfer has been killed by a great white shark at a netted Gold Coast beach in the first fatal attack in the region since 1958. 

The horrific mauling unfolded at Greenmount Beach just after 5pm when the 46-year-old man was bitten on the leg.

He was found floating face down in the water by another surfer who dragged him to shore. 

The bite stretched from the surfer’s upper thigh to his knee and a tooth from the predator, believed to be a great white shark, remained lodged in his longboard. 

A surfer has been killed by a great white shark at a netted Gold Coast beach in the first attack in the region since 2012. Pictured: members of the public and paramedics covering the man who was treated on the back of a beach buggy

The horrific mauling unfolded at Greenmount Beach just after 5pm when the man, believed to be in his 60s, was bitten on the leg

A surfer has been killed by a shark at a netted beach after he was found floating face down in the water at Greenmount Beach (pictured) 

Lifeguards evacuated everyone from the water and attempted to help the man before paramedics arrived.

Emergency crews rushed to the popular tourist spot but the man could not be saved, The Courier Mail reported. 

Coastalwatch footage captured the moment a surfer brought the injured man to shore with the help of other beachgoers. 

Pictures show paramedics and lifeguards desperately tending to the man’s injuries in the back of a beach buggy. 

Members of the public are also seen holding up a sheet to cover him as he receives treatment for the bite.

Beachgoers rushed to help the man but he succumbed to his injuries shortly after paramedics arrived. 

A witness said the water surrounding the surfer had gone a deep shade of red as it filled with blood following the attack. 

A surfer who rushed to help the man told 7News he first spotted a school of fish and up to 30 birds near the victim.

Coastalwatch footage captured the moment a surfer brought the injured man to shore with the help of other beachgoers 

Pictures show paramedics and lifeguards desperately tending to the man’s injuries in the back of a beach buggy

Police officers are seen at the beach following the death of a man after he was bitten by a great white shark 

‘So there must have been a bit of activity underwater and that was probably what the shark was going for as well,’ the man said.

The man was surfing near the Tweed Heads and Coolangatta Lifesaving Club when he was attacked.

Beaches north and south of Greenmount were immediately cleared and the police helicopter is searching for the shark.

The attack is the first on the Gold Coast since 2012, when a 20-year-old surfer was attacked at Nobby Beach.

It is also the first fatal attack in the region since in 62 years when Peter Gerard Spronk was killed in 1958.

Greenmount Beach, located near the Queensland-New South Wales border, has shark control equipment surrounding it including nets

The man was swimming near the Tweed Heads and Coolangatta Lifesaving Club when he was attacked

The horrific mauling unfolded at Greenmount Beach just after 5pm by a great white shark (stock image) 

He was mauled by a shark 250m off Surfers Paradise beach and died of his injuries despite lifesavers coming to his rescue. 

A police spokesperson said the man had been pulled from the water and investigations into the attack are continuing. 

Greenmount Beach, located near the Queensland-New South Wales border, has shark control equipment surrounding it including nets.  

Beaches across the Gold Coast are expected to be closed on Wednesday.