An expert has determined that a surfer was killed off California’s Central Coast by a 15 to 16ft great white shark.

A shark which killed a surfer off California’s central coast was probably a great white and may have been 15ft (4.6m) long, experts said today.

A CORONER said yesterday a great white shark probably killed a teenage body boarder at a Central California beach.

A coroner said today a great white shark probably killed a teenage body boarder at a Central California beach.