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Oahu Beaches Closed: Aggressive Shark Sighting and Possible Body!

Saturday, September 6, 2008 By 3 Comments
Oahu Shark Attack - Beach Closures - Todd Murashige

Kailua, Lanikai and Bellows beaches closed after shark sighting. Officials are also investigating a possible body in the water. Beach closures went into effect on the Big Island as well today, due to the sighting of a 12-foot tiger shark.OAHU, HAWAIIOfficials have closed beaches on the windward side of Oahu while they investigate reports of a body in the water off of Bellows beach and a large shark exhibiting aggressive behavior near Kailua Beach.City Department of Emergency Services … [Read more...]

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Large Tiger Shark Sighting Closes Big Island Beaches

Saturday, September 6, 2008 By 8 Comments
Tiger Shark Sighting on Big Island, Hawaii

Closure of Hapuna and Wailea beaches will be re-evaluated tomorrowBIG ISLAND, HAWAIIBig Island officials closed Hapuna and Wailea beaches this afternoon after a 12-foot tiger shark was seen about 30 yards offshore, according to an e-mailed news release from the Fire Department and Ocean Safety Division.Anyone planning to visit beaches in the South Kohala area are asked to exercise caution and obey any posted warnings from the Department of Natural Resources.Big Island … [Read more...]

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Newport Beach Shark Sighting

Saturday, September 6, 2008 By 2 Comments

An update from our respected colleagues at The Shark Research Committee.NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIAOn September 1, 2008 Scott Hubbard was body surfing with several unidentified friends near Chair 6, Island Avenue, Balboa Peninsula, in Newport Beach. It was 5:00 PM and he had been in the water about 1 hour.The sky was clear with a 5 – 10 knot off-shore breeze and an estimated air temperature of 75 degrees Fahrenheit. The ocean floor was primarily sand and 7 – 10 feet deep with 2 – … [Read more...]

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Second Great White Shark Closes Stinson for Labor Day Weekend

Friday, August 29, 2008 By 9 Comments

MARIN COUNTYA second sighting of a great white shark off Stinson Beach has prompted the National Park Service to prohibit water use through the Labor Day weekend."We had another sighting about 6:30 p.m. Thursday night by two visitors," said Chris Powell, park service spokeswoman. "Our lifeguard interviewed them and felt it was a credible sighting."The news puts a damper on what normally is a busy holiday weekend at the beach. Typically thousands of people from around the Bay Area … [Read more...]

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Large Shark Sighting at Bolsa Chica State Beach

Wednesday, August 27, 2008 By 4 Comments
Another electrifying tale from the S.R.C.!

Bolsa Chica State BeachThe Shark Research Committee has posted the following account of an encounter with an extremely large animal, most likely a Great White Shark (deduced from available evidence - what else would be that size, with that girth?)On August 26, 2008 Karri Lewis reported the following; “My husband, Jim Lewis, and his friend were swimming (training for a triathlon) this morning at about 7:45 AM when they saw something really large and dark swimming under them. My husband … [Read more...]

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Great White Shark sighting shuts Marin beach

Monday, August 25, 2008 By 18 Comments
Great White Shark Looking for a Surfer

Marin County’s Stinson Beach was closed to swimmers and surfers after a great white shark was spotted Sunday night, according to national park officials.The shark, which was eight to 10 feet long, was seen about 7 p.m. about 125 yards from shore.“It was by a former lifeguard and fisherman, he knows what he saw, that is why we are confident it was a great white shark,” said John Ralph, the lifeguard supervisor at Stinson, which is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation … [Read more...]

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Catalina Channel White Shark Sighting

Thursday, July 24, 2008 By 2 Comments
Catalina Channel White Shark

The Shark Research Committee has a new report from a Los Angeles-area man...>Catalina Channel — On July 23, 2008 Bill Davidson was aboard a 42 foot Grand Banks vessel 10 miles off the coast of Long Beach. It was 11 AM the sky was clear and the water calm. Air and water temperatures were recorded at 74 and 69 degrees Fahrenheit respectively. Water visibility was 50 – 60 feet.Davidson reported; “While returning to Long Beach we came upon a white shark, 13 – 14 feet in length. It … [Read more...]

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