A surfer has died after being mauled by a shark on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, with emergency services responding to a serious attack between Dee Why and Long Reef on Saturday morning.

Police confirmed the incident occurred just after 9am, with members of the public bringing the male victim to shore.

He was retrieved from the surf and brought to shore but died at the scene.

Police have closed the beach and will liaise with experts to determine the species of shark involved, but say they believe it to have been a “large shark.”

Two sections of a surfboard have been recovered and taken for examination.

Northern Beaches Police Area Command Inspector Stuart Thomson told reporters on Saturday afternoon that the man lost “a number of limbs” in the attack.

“His body was found floating in the

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