On January 25th, 2004 an Allan Oppert, age 46 was attacked by a 4.5m great white shark. Allan was in the middle of a 25km dive off Binningup Beach just north of Bunbury when the attack occurred. Apparently Allan ended up half inside the shark’s jaws and said his life flashed before him when the shark’s top teeth were digging in just above his knees and the bottom teeth into his calf. Suddenly the shark spat him out and Allan inflated his BCD and shot to the surface calling for help. The shark came back though and Allan was pulled out of the water just in time. Allan would undergo surgery but be lucky enough to survive and return to work just six weeks later.
ref. Dr. T.Peake. GSAF