Surfing Life magazine has said sorry to Indigenous Australian surfer Otis Carey after their article about him sparked outrage.

The March issue of Surfing Life magazine includes a story called 'Poetry Night with Mermaid Killer'. Written by Nathan Myers, it contains a pretty shocking description of Indigenous surfer Otis Carey.

Myers wrote, "With his apeish face and cowering hair-curtains, I expect little more than Cro-Magnon grunts from his mouth. I am caught off guard by the clarity and eloquence of his speech.”