It is the fourth fatal shark attack off the WA coast since September last year.
George Thomas Wainwright, a 32-year-old Texan, was killed after being bitten by a great white shark while diving off Perth's Rottnest Island on October 22.
Bryn Martin, 64, was killed after being attacked by a shark while swimming at Perth's Cottesloe beach earlier in October.
Bodyboarder Kyle Burden, 21, was killed by a shark near Bunker Bay in WA's southwest in September.
Tour operator David Pickering, 26, was mauled by a tiger shark while snorkelling off Coral Bay, in the state's northwest, on January 19. He escaped with only minor injuries.
Following the three fatalities in September and October last year, WA Fisheries Minister Norman Moore announced nearly AUD $14 million in funding to reduce the risk of shark attacks.
That included $2 million over five years to establish a Shark Response Unit, $2 million for boosted aerial beach patrols and $1.7 million for four shark-related research projects.
Mr Moore said the Shark Response Unit would tag sharks that appeared to be resident near popular swimming beaches and assess shark repellent devices and community alert systems such as SMS warnings.
The WA government has rejected shark nets as an option, saying they were not suitable for beaches in Perth and elsewhere in the state's southwest.
The government also ruled out a major cull of great white sharks or seal culling.
-AAP
