A teenager has died following a fatal shark attack on the Yorke Peninsula.

At 1.30pm on Thursday 28 December police received reports of a shark attack near Ethel Beach in the Innes National Park.

Sadly the body of a 15-year-old boy from Maslin Beach was recovered from the water.

Yorke Mid North Police, Detectives and Crime Scene Investigators attended at the scene.

Police are preparing a report for the coroner.