Posts
2042
Joined
6/12/2007
Location
byda beech, CA, USA
Edited Date/Time
1/27/2012 2:58pm
A Coast Guard helicopter is being sent to assist Solana Beach officials after a fatal shark attack was reported there this morning. A man was killed in the apparent attack, officials said.
The HH-60 helicopter crew has been dispatched and is going up in support of lifeguards and other emergency crews.
"It is not an active search-and-rescue," said Coast Guard Petty Officer Clinton Dotson. "We will help clear the area ... and see if we can spot the culprit."
http://weblog.signonsandiego.com/news/breaking/2008/04/coast_guard_to_a…
Did you hear about that shark spotted next to a canoist in La Jolla couple months back.
Additionally, me and my brother surf Solana Beach all the time.
The Shop
DeCal Works Huge Plastic Inventory of UFO and Polisport kits.
Luxon 4-Post Bar Mounts
$189.95 - $239.95
I spent a summer living on the strand with a buddy. One of the best summers I have had.
One time lightning struck a tree on my golf course. I had played there 3 times that very week
I got spooked out of the water wednesday evening. Been a long time since Ifelt that here...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20080425-1113-bn25shark2…
Pit Row
Violent Shark Attack Kills Male Triathlete Swimmer Training in Ocean Off San Diego Beach
Friday, April 25, 2008
E-Mail Print Share:
SOLANA BEACH, Calif. — A male triathlete swimmer was killed Friday morning in a gruesome and violent shark attack at a San Diego County beach.
The male victim — one of a group of triathlete swimmers training in the ocean — was pulled into shore, but efforts by medics to revive him failed, Deputy Fire Chief Dismas Abelman told FOX News.
Witnesses reported seeing the victim's leg severed at the knee.
"He had very severe injuries to both legs," Abelman told FOX. He said the wound was a single bite across both legs.
A marine biologist told a beachside news conference Friday that the animal was "almost certainly a great white shark."
"I was told that the victim was pushed up out of the water in a violent attack," said Richard Rosenblatt of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. "That's typical great white behavior."
Rosenblatt said the bite was likely "clean and massive" and believes the animal was a female.
The deceased swimmer, whose identity wasn't immediately released pending notification of next of kin, was described as being between 55 and 60 years old on the Solana Beach city Web site. He was swimming with the others when he was attacked at about 7 a.m.
RelatedStories
Fast Facts: Recent Fatal Shark Attacks in the United States Video
Shark Attack "It looks like the shark came up, bit him, and swam away," said Abelman. A group of about 10 swimmers wearing wetsuits were in the water at the time, he said.
The incident happened at a strip called Tide Beach, about 150 yards offshore. Rescuers took the victim to the nearby Fletcher Cove Park lifeguard station for emergency treatment, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 72-hour advisory, in effect until Monday, said Solana Beach Lifeguard Capt. Craig Miller. The Coast Guard has issued warnings of sharks in the area since the tragic attack.
Swimmers were ordered out of the water for a 17-mile stretch around Solano Beach and the county Sheriff's Department sent helicopters up to scan the waters for the shark.
Miller said they'd patrol from the air until about 6 p.m. Friday, and return Saturday and Sunday.
"The shark is still in the area. We're sure of that," Mayor Joe Kellejian said.
Miller said two swimmers were about 20 yards ahead of the man when they heard him scream.
San Diego County sheriff's Lt. Mike McClain said deputies went to Solana Beach shortly before 7:30 a.m. Friday and found a shark-bite victim, who was pronounced dead about an hour later.
Solana Beach is 14 miles northwest of San Diego.
Earlier this year, stories of shark sightings swept the coast from San Diego County north through Orange and Los Angeles counties, The Los Angeles Times reported in late March.
One surfer claimed a bite mark on his surfboard was made by a great white at Bolsa Chica State Beach, but lifeguards at nearby Huntington Beach said there was no evidence of great whites in the vicinity at that time. Other shore authorities also hadn't recorded any unusual sightings.
The last fatal shark attack in California, according to data from the state Department of Fish and Game, took place on Aug. 15, 2004, in Mendocino County at Kibesillah Rock. The victim was a man diving for abalone with a friend.
On Aug. 19, 2003, a woman swimmer was killed by a great white at Avila Beach in San Luis Obispo County on the central California coast. That was the state's first fatal shark attack since 1994, according to the DFG.
The last fatal shark attack in San Diego County was in June 1959, when a free diver was killed, the DFG said.
Overall, shark attacks are extremely rare. There were 71 reported worldwide last year, up from 63 in 2006. Only one attack, in the South Pacific, was fatal, according to the University of Florida.
Click here for more on this story from FOX 6 San Diego.
Chapman said that seals and sea lions have been beaching themselves in the area – he said a crew from Sea World was on its way to rescue one as he spoke. Such beachings are a possible sign of a large predator in the coastal waters.
“Those are signs that say this isn't the place to go,” Chapman said. “We have one person fatally wounded and we have sea life exiting the water. It's better to say out of the water and give it time.”
He also said a juvenile great white shark washed up on a nearby beach a few weeks before.
The area where the guy was hit was it south of Seaside, Table Tops area? I have surfe that area so many times at sun up. I have surfed so many sharky areas it's not funny. It's spooky when the place you are is alive and all of a sudden it goes dead. Immediate paddle in ASAP.
I was down at my dads place in Puerta Vallarta a couple of summers back. I was ocean kayaking with him and I was the first one in the water. Id jumped in and got out to about chest deep water and hopped on top of the kayak and paddled like a mutha to get out past the break. Id no sooner got outside and spun around to look for the old man when a dorsal fin slid by my side all steath like and I looked to see maybe a 4 - 5' shark given me the evil eye as he passed along side me. Of course at that size he was probably only interested in sardines but still It gave me pause. It was also very cool.
It wasnt long after the movie Jaws came out that some local fishermen caught a large Great White off of Anacapa Island here in so/cal. They had it on display at Marineland (anyone remember that place?) at any rate it was in a refrigerated room on a pile of rocks. The freakin thing was HUGE. I think it was about 15' long and I gotta tell ya I was scared and it was DEAD. The mouth was slightly parted, had teeth Id guess a couple inches long. And it looked like if it really opened its mouth one could have slid thru without touching teeth. It was so thick from its belly to the top of its Dorsal fin, my memory is a bit foggy but Id say it was maybe 4' from belly to top of dorsal fin I was looking for some sort of USS Enterprise or something to be painted on it. If I saw that thing in the wild it wouldnt need to kill me. Id die of fright.
I'm the Englishman , just ask Gordon about the Englishman. He's in my " how to drink like a man" training bootcamp. Oh and the "Carebear recovery 10 step program".
Sorry, but this is ringing the dinner bell. It's gotta look like a buffet of seals to a great white.
I hated that shite ... being out in deep water with nothing more than a pair of fins and a boogie board. They say most attacks are in shallow water but deep water always spooked me. You start seeing the shadows everywhere.
Post a reply to: Just in...Fatal Shark Attack in Del Mar, California