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Search continues for missing surfer, Simon Baccanello, following shark attack near Elliston

The search resumed at Walkers Rock beach this morning for the missing surfer. (ABC News: Jessica Warriner)

Police and emergency services are scouring beaches on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula in the search for a "well-known" local surfer believed to have been killed in a shark attack.

Local teacher Simon Baccanello, 46, was surfing at Walkers Rock beach near Elliston on Saturday morning when he was attacked an estimated 30 to 50 metres offshore.

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