Surfers have returned to the water to honour shark attack victim Mercury Psillakis a week after his death at a popular Sydney beach.

Psillakis, 57, was killed when he was taken by a shark , believed to be an adolescent great white, about 10am on September 6. His board was cut in two, and he lost both his legs, police said.

Moments before he was attacked, he warned surfers in the water with him of its presence, calling on them to group together.

“Merc is deeply loved by everyone who knows him,” Psillakis’ family said in a statement last week.

“Merc was impossible not to love – his energy was extraordinary and magnetic, his spirit full of fun and he created joy and happiness in every interaction he touched.”

On Saturday, friends and family returned to Dee Why as extra surf lifesavers

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