Reports are coming in via Twitter that a swimmer has been attacked and killed by two sharks off Lower Point at Jeffreys Bay. The account of the Sharks Spotters safety programme tweeted the following:

Surf commentator, Kai Linder tweeted the following:

The NSRI has yet to release a statement on the attack.  The story will be updated as details emerge.

UPDATE – The NSRI have issued the following statement:

At approximately 11h30 (Friday, 11 October) NSRI Jeffreys Bay volunteer sea rescue duty crew were activated following reports of a shark incident at Lower Point, next to Albatros Beach, Jeffreys Bay.

NSRI Jeffreys Bay volunteer sea rescue duty crew launched 2 sea rescue craft and the SA Police Services responded

On arrival on-scene remains of a body, believed to be those of an adult male, have been recovered from the water and handed into the care of the Police and the Forensic Pathology Services.

It appears, according to eye-witness reports, that the as yet unidentified male victim had been snorkeling at the time of the incident.

Police are investigating.

UPDATE 2 – The reports that two sharks attacked the victim were apparently false, and were predicated by the sheer size of the shark involved.

Eye witness reports indicate that very little of the victim’s body remains.