“He was saved, but…”: The family of surfer Andre de Ruyter, 27, reveal his current condition after the  ɑttɑck at a Sydney beach, as new details emerge about the te:ɾɾifying moments when he was mɑ:uled

A surfer left fighting for life after a shark attack at a Sydney beach has made a miraculous recovery.

Andre de Ruyter, 27, was pulled to the shore after being bitten at North Steyne Beach in Manly, Sydney’s northern suburbs, at about 6.20pm on Monday.

Suffering from severe leg injuries, he was taken to Royal North Shore Hospital in a critical condition where he received 13 units of blood and underwent emergency surgery.

But, on Wednesday, his family confirmed that he had made a dramatic recovery.

‘We would like to express our gratitude to all the brave first responders to our son Andre relating to the shark attack at Manly Beach [Monday],’ his mother said in a statement shared with Manly Observer.

‘Andre de Ruyter, our compassionate, talented musician, graphic artist and lover of surfing has been placed in a stable condition with wonderful attentive medical staff.

‘We ask for positive energy around his recovery and will give more information when he is ready.

‘We ask for mindful care and respect of our son’s privacy till the path forward is clearer. Thank you so much. Kindly, Lisa, Olaf and Alysha, his direct family.’

Andre de Ruyter (pictured) was left in a critical condition after suffering severe leg injuries following a shark attack at Manly Beach

He was pulled to the shore at North Steyne Beach in Manly, Sydney’s northern suburbs, at about 6.20pm on Monday

Mr de Ruyter’s mother said on Wednesday that her son was in a stable condition

Max White, a Radio 2GB news reporter, was planning on surfing at Manly Beach just after 6pm on Monday, but two mates he bumped into on the way warned him against it.

Speaking with breakfast host Ben Fordham on Tuesday, he said: ‘I saw two of my mates just hanging out on the promenade, and I walked over and said to them, ‘I’ll go for a surf’.’

‘And they looked at me and started shaking their head, and they said, “No, don’t go out, you’re going to get done by a shark”.’

There had already been two shark attacks at Sydney beaches within 48 hours – Nico Antic, 12, was airlifted to hospital on Sunday afternoon with critical leg injuries after he was mauled by a bull shark while rock jumping with mates at Nielsen Park.

Earlier on Monday, an 11-year-old boy had an encounter with another shark which took a large bite out of his surfboard in Dee Why, near Manly in Sydney’s northern suburbs.

About 20 minutes after Mr White had planned to go surfing, two French tourists ran up to him and his mates, screaming because Mr de Ruyter had been attacked.

‘In the water, in the water, there’s a guy, he’s bleeding out, he’s bleeding out,’ the tourists yelled.

A 15cm bite mark on the young surfer’s board suggests he was most likely attacked by a bull shark, according to shark biologists from the primary industries department.

Nico Antic, 12, was swimming with five friends at Nielson Park on Sunday afternoon when he was attacked by a bull shark

Mr de Ruyter was the third shark attack victim in NSW before a fourth attack occurred on Tuesday

Police salvaged Mr de Ruyter’s board from the beach

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Northern Beaches Council lifeguards sounded the alarm immediately after the attack, then erected shark warning signs and dispatched a jet ski to patrol the water.

Surf Life Saving NSW also launched a drone to assist with locating the shark, but there have been no further sightings.

‘Council lifeguards will continue to patrol for the remainder of the day and tomorrow,’ a Northern Beaches Council spokesman said.

NSW Ambulance acting-Superintendent Christie Marks revealed on Tuesday the extraordinary details which gave Mr de Ruyter his best chance of survival.

‘We had our inspector liaising with the aero-med team, and what they do is liaise with our hospitals,’ she said.

‘So there was (blood) that actually came from the northern beaches, and Royal North Shore.

‘We had two police highway patrol cars that met at Spit Bridge, and then what they said was almost like an F1 pit stop of ten seconds less and they just opened the door, and they administered 13 units of blood’.

Ms Marks said the man had sustained a ‘severe lower leg injury’ and had lost a significant amount of blood.

She said surf lifesavers and members of the public already in the water helped keep Mr de Ruyter alive.

On Tuesday, a man was rushed to hospital after being bitten by a shark on the NSW Mid North Coast, marking the fourth attack in less than 48 hours.

Surfers camping at Point Plomer, between Crescent Head and Port Macquarie, reportedly saw four bull sharks in the water before a 39-year-old man was attacked.

It’s understood the shark bit through the man’s wetsuit and took a chunk out of his board. He reportedly drove himself to Kempsey District Hospital.