Seashores in a California city have been closed for swimming after a person was attacked by a shark simply 100 yards from the shore.
The 46-year-old man, who has not been named, was collaborating in a gaggle swim with a couple of dozen swimmers alongside the coast of Del Mar at round 9am on Sunday morning, the Metropolis of Del Mar mentioned in an announcement.
Simply 100 yards (300 ft) from a Seaside Security Middle on the shore, a shark abruptly attacked, biting him a number of occasions on his torso, left arm and hand.
The person, who’s an everyday member of the ocean swimmers group, managed to achieve the shore with assist from his mates, CNN reported.
Lifeguards gave him medical consideration on the seaside earlier than he was shortly taken by ambulance to Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla.
The town mentioned that he had suffered “vital” however non-life-threatening accidents.
“He had apparent accidents from the incident that required surgical procedure, largely giant lacerations,” Jon Edelbrock, group companies director and chief lifeguard for town, informed CNN.
Edelbrock additionally informed Fox5 that the sufferer was “secure”: “We’re very blissful and really feel lucky that he’s doing properly.”
Following the assault, Del Mar lifeguards closed the seaside for swimming and browsing for one mile in each instructions of the incident, roughly from sixth Avenue to North Seaside, town mentioned.
The waters will keep closed till 9am on Tuesday.
Researchers from California State College Lengthy Seaside’s Shark Lab have since visited the scene to take samples from the water and to analyse the person’s wetsuit to attempt to decide what kind of shark it was.
Shark Lab Director Chris Lowe informed CNN that it was most definitely a juvenile white shark.
The researchers will attempt a brand new scientific device to hopefully sooner or later be capable of decide if this explicit shark might be detected within the space sooner or later.
“We hope to make use of it sooner or later to observe and assist lifeguards handle seashores,” Lowe mentioned.
The assault comes after one other swimmer was attacked within the waters off Del Mar in November 2022.
In that incident, the girl mentioned she was bitten in her higher thigh and shaken “sort of like a canine” earlier than the shark let her go, ABC7 reported.
