A 14-year-old teenager on Thursday died after being attacked by a shark in South Australia on Thursday, police said.

South Australia police said that they responded to a report of a shark attack off Ethel Beach near Innes National Park on the south-west tip of Yorke Peninsula near Adelaide at 1:30 pm (0300 GMT).

Sadly the body of a teenage boy was recovered from the water, police later said in an update, after previously reporting that one person was believed to have been seriously injured, Broadcaster ABC reported.

At the time of the attack, he had been some 40 metres off the coast of Ethel Beach, a popular surfing spot, according to local media.

This was the third fatal shark attack in the state of South Australia this year.

A 55-year-old man died in October after being attacked while surfing near Granites Beach, on South Australias Eyre Peninsula.

A 46-year-old surfer was also believed to have died in a shark attack near Elliston, some 100 kilometres south of Granites Beach in May. His body was never recovered. (dpa/NAN)