<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A search has been launched for a surfer believed to have been being bitten by a shark in Western Australia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police, Marine Rescue WA, and SES are currently searching for the surfer off the coast of Wharton Beach in Cape Le Grand, Condingup, 60km east of Esperance.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A surfboard with "bite marks" has been found, WA Police said.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/plane-crashes-near-retirement-community-in-us/fa9c6d83-0553-403b-896a-82af97258548" target="_blank"><strong><span>Plane with five aboard crashes near retirement community</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/tropical-cyclone-alfred-disaster-relief-payments-how-to-claim-everything-to-know-explainer/b2925c86-0647-47f6-832d-2525432af180" target="_blank"><strong><span>PM confirms ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred victims will be eligible for Disaster Recovery Allowance</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police were called to the scene at 12.10pm (AWST).</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It is believed the surfer was the victim of a serious shark bite incident," police said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/shark-attack-wa-wharton-beach-esperence/c5ff2245-a953-4a70-aef9-c97cbf42e7b0" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>According to monitoring website SharkSmart, a public report was made about a shark sighting 50 metres off the shore five minutes later at the same beach.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>More to come.</span></em><span></span></div></div>