'Shining light': Teen shark attack victim remembered as community champion

Charlize Zmuda, 17, died on Woorim Beach on February 3 after suffering devastating injuries to her torso from the shark attack.

Her parents gathered on the beach with friends, family and well-wishers as a tribute to the much-loved high school student.

Renee Zmuda said her daughter was "a shining light who truly touched the lives of everyone she met" and she asked mourners to focus on "the incredible life she lived and not the awful way she died".

Charlize's father Stephen said he was "extremely gutted" after learning his daughter had died.

"But something my wife and I want to say is we don't want people to stop coming to the beach and enjoying our beach," he said.

"Charlize was a member of our club since she was eight years old. She was a dedicated lifesaver who wanted to only do the best for our club and all the people in our community."

Ms Zmuda, who was a resident of Bribie Island and a surf lifesaver at the local club, had just started her final year of high school at St Columban's College when she was killed.

Her family said she had recently attended her high school formal.

She shared a final collection of photos from her summer on Instagram the week before she died.

Emergency services were called to Woorim Beach before 5pm on February 3 with reports a swimmer had sustained life-threatening injuries.

Ms Zmuda was believed to be 100 metres offshore when she was attacked by the shark and bitten on the arm and torso.

She died shortly after 5pm, Queensland Ambulance Service said.

There have been an average of 20 shark attacks in Australia where people have been injured over the past decade, according to the Australian Shark-Incident Database.