Posted on 05/09/2020 10:53:10 PM PDT by nickcarraway
UPDATE: Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office has confirmed that the victim's name was Ben Kelly.
California State Parks tells Action News Kelly was surfing with others when attacked by an unknown shark species.
UPDATE: A surfer was killed in a shark attack off a Northern California beach, state park officials said Saturday.
California State Parks confirmed with Action News that the victim was a 26-year-old male from Santa Cruz County.
The type of shark species that attacked the victim is unknown.
Following State Parks protocol, the water one mile south and north of the incident location will be closed for five days and will not be reopened until Thursday, May 14, 2020. Signs warning beachgoers about the shark attack are now posted on access points and beach entrances within a one-mile radius of the incident.
Sharks are commonly seen swimming near Santa Cruz County beaches this time of year, bur attacks against people are very rare.
ORIGINAL STORY:
Santa Cruz Sheriff's Office said State Parks is responding to a shark attack at Sand Dollar Beach in Santa Cruz County.
The attack happened Saturday within 100 yards of shore.
Deputies are asking people to avoid the area and water.
Cause of death? COVID-19
Only takes one if you are the potential snack.
I think Santa Cruz beaches are closed from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM now, but locals can go at other times.
As cold as the water is up that way, I cannot imagine anything but a GW this time of year, unless there are Makos hunting in that area.
FAR too COLD for Bulls or Tigers, not far enough from shore to be an Oceanic White Tip & yet NOT cold enough for a cousin of the GW from up in Alaskan waters.
Yours, TMN78247
Kool!
Irish guy. Taste like raw chicken.
I am missing the reports about pit bull attacks. We used to have reports on them every day. We much have got bored with them. Shark bites are the new sexy.
RIP.
Florida’s sharks are smaller and less fierce than California’s Great Whites, usually satisfying themselves with a tentative bite and a quick release. In younger days, I knew fellow surfers who had been shark bit. I even saw one teen out surfing again the same week before the stitches on his leg were removed.
Newsome said stay off the beach...
Poor kid...RIP
I've always heard that the most likely time to get bitten is mornings and evenings.
How to Avoid Shark Attacks
There are no sharks in my bar.
IIRC the individual posting such stories was banned from FR.
Chet99?
Now, in all seriousness, prayers to the victim's family...
Yes, that’s the one. There was also another FReeper who was also banned (IIRC) who was infatuated with pit bull stories and posted them ad nauseum. Can’t remember that ones name, tho.
We used to have a guy who was obsessed with trains on here, too.
All ocean beaches in the continental US are hereby now quarantined!
“Smaller” sharks in FL (and all along the Gulf coast) yes; “less fierce” no.
As I’ve said elsewhere on the forum, you are FAR more likely to be severely wounded, permanently damaged and/or killed by the teeth of a Bull or Tiger Shark than you are by a Great White attack.
(Fyi, Bull Sharks KILL more people Worldwide than ALL of the other sorts of sharks combined, each year. - My guess is that, especially in “developing nations”, that do not report to the international data gathers, that there are a large number of severe or fatal shark attacks that are never known outside the local area where the attack occurred.)
Yours, TMN78247
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