Australian authorities have identified the man eaten by a “massive shark” while wading in chest-deep water Monday afternoon.

A shark fatally attacked surfer Steven Jeffrey Payne in Western Australia, sparking a recovery mission after his body remained missing.

The surfer was attacked by a shark at Wharton Beach on Monday, March 10 A man presumed to have been killed by a shark at Wharton Beach, Australia, on Monday, March 10, has been named. According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and The Canberra Times,