A suspected stingray attack in Wairarapa on a man retrieving his crayfish pot felt like "a shot from an electric eel".
Riversdale Surf Lifesaving Club patrol captain Matt Ritani said the stingray attack happened about 2.30pm yesterday.
The crayfisherman's wife, who had been with her husband as he retrieved his pots, alerted lifeguards that he had been stung.
The man had felt a jab "like a shot from an electric eel", dropped his pot and started back for the beach.
He and his wife headed for the clubhouse on their motorbike, and on arrival the man was in severe pain.