South Australian shark attack: tributes flow for ‘talented and dearly loved’ teenage surfer

Khai Cowley, 15, was killed by a suspected great white shark off Ethel Beach on the Yorke Peninsula

A teenage boy killed in a shark attack off the coast of South Australia has been remembered as a talented and dearly loved member of the surfing community.

The 15-year-old, identified by friends and a family member as Khai Cowley, was mauled by a suspected great white while surfing off the remote Ethel Beach on the Yorke Peninsula west of Adelaide at about 1.30pm on Thursday.