“I Was Lucky To Be Attacked By A Great White”

After an estimated seven or eight seconds underwater, Orgias was released and popped to the surface. Scrambling on to his board, he saw the sea turning red. His left hand was dangling by a piece of skin. As he paddled frantically back to shore, he kept thinking about his pregnant wife. When he finally reached the sand, two surfers applied a makeshift tourniquet.

Avoca Beach Shark Attack Survivor (Update)

John Sojoski will think twice when stepping on a “rock” from now on, after being bitten by a shark on Boxing Day.

Shark Attack Victim Probably ‘Looked Like Turtle’

Gladstone freediving champion John Pengelly is in a stable condition in Royal Brisbane Hospital after being bitten by a three metre bull shark while diving at Lamont Reef early yesterday morning.

Tiger Shark Mortally Wounds Rescued Dolphin

“We’ve witnessed a tiger shark attack on Dunham. He’s mortally wounded,” said McCulloch, a Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution director. “There may be a possibility we need to euthanize him.” About 400 miles away, Kevin Walsh answered his phone at the Gulf World Marine Park. The dolphin he had helped nurse from near death for seven months now needed to die.

WARNING: Shark Advisory Near Avila Beach

Port San Luis Harbor Patrol says at about 9 a.m. Wednesday a sea lion was found with an evident shark bite. Harbor managers say a sea lion was attacked by a shark but at this time they do not know the location of the attack.

Headless Seal Carcass Litters Malibu Coast

Harvey said he did not know what type of shark it was but did know it was “fairly sizeable.”

BEWARE THE BIXBY SHARK KILL-ZONE

A gaping hole in the rotting corpse appears to have been the product of a deadly assault by California’s most feared ocean predator – the Great White Shark. The bite diameter lends credence to the theory that this attack was committed by a juvenile white shark,

Disemboweled Dolphin Carnage at Hope Ranch

The Santa Barbara Channel is well-known for dense seal, sea lion, and dolphin populations, which provide excellent feeding grounds for man-eating carnivores like the Great White Shark. Northern Santa Barbara County is a notorious hot-spot for Great White Shark activity and predation.

Shark Attack Survivor Todd Murashige Savors ‘Second Chance’

Murashige, a competitive surfer, was sitting on his board near the Crouching Lion Inn when he was bitten by what he thinks was a 12-foot tiger shark. He managed to paddle the half-mile back to shore, where he was assisted by a stranger.

Shark Seen Lunching on Turtle near Hawaii Kai

By Tim Sakahara
Its shark versus turtle and it wasn’t much of a fight. While the shark snapped its jaws, the people snapped some shots giving boaters an eye-full.
The pictures were taken on Monday less than a mile off shore in Maunalua Bay just outside the surf spot called Turtles. Koko Crater and Portlock are seen [...]

Hawaii shark attack victim has big bills but a new outlook on life

We covered the shark attack on Todd Murashige at Crouching Lion on Oahu earlier this year. The Honolulu Advertiser published this follow-up story to those events.
By Dan Nakaso, Honolulu Advertiser
KANE’OHE, OAHU
Todd Murashige will have to live with the vicious scars from an attack that ripped his thigh open to the bone — and with the [...]

A Dive With Great White Sharks in Australia

Bloomberg is running the following article – it’s a somewhat entertaining read. MB
By Malcolm Scott, Bloomberg News
In December 1963, a great white shark tore open Rodney Fox’s abdomen, broke half his ribs, punctured his diaphragm and lung, and exposed the main artery to his heart. He’s devoted his life to diving with sharks ever since.
Fox [...]

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