"Terrifying Shark Encounter Leaves Swimmer's Fate Hanging by a Thread - You Have to See What Happened Next!"
"Terrifying Shark Encounter Leaves Swimmer's Fate Hanging by a Thread - You Have to See What Happened Next!"
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The stretch of beach in Del Mar is closed for 24 hours. The swimmer suffered "serious" injuries but was expected to survive, the city said.SAN DIEGO — The bustling coastal city of Del Mar on Sunday closed nearly all of its beaches after a shark attacked a man participating in a swimming group, officials said.
The 46-year-old man was with about a dozen other swimmers who meet regularly to train in the cold waters north of San Diego when the shark attacked about 9 a.m., biting his arm, hand and body, the city of Del Mar. said in a statement.
He was rushed to a hospital in San Diego with "injuries that were severe but not believed to be life-threatening," the city said.
A hospital spokesman said it could not provide the exact condition of the man.A 46-year-old man was rushed to the hospital after being bitten by a shark in Del Mar around 9 a.m.
Sunday, prompting Del Mar lifeguards to close beaches to swimming and surfing in the area.
The attack occurred about 100 yards from Del Mar's relatively new lifeguard headquarters on 17th Street, the city said.
Lifeguards on duty closed a stretch of Del Mar beach to swimmers and surfers a mile north and south of the facility until 9 a.m. Monday, the city said.
The city's lifeguards have jurisdiction over 2.5 miles of shoreline.Torrey Pines State Beach south of Del Mar remains open, according to its website and phone line.
nearest beach in the city of San Diego, Blacks Beach, remote but popular with surfers, is more than 5 miles from the attack and remains open, a city lifeguard official said.
The incident occurred amid relatively normal conditions in early June, including 3-foot waves and a water temperature of 64 degrees, which is still suitable for wetsuits, according to National Buoy Data Center information.
The onset of the season's mild and cloudy "June dreary" weather comes as coastal San Diego County braces for the annual onslaught of tourists, many of whom are part of the traditional exodus from Arizona and its blistering summer heat.
Research published in April in the journal Frontiers of Marine Science found that juvenile white sharks tend to spend time closer to shore in the spring and summer and may base their movements on “micro-scale” changes in their habitat, including water temperature.
It was not immediately clear what type of shark was involved in Sunday morning's attack.
The Florida Museum of Natural History's International Shark Attack File says there were two unprovoked shark attacks in California last year, one fatal.
The number of attacks lags far behind Florida's 16, representing 44% of the unprovoked incidents that occurred in the country last year and about a quarter of the attacks worldwide, according to the data.
With 20 unprovoked attacks recorded since 1926, San Diego County, which includes Del Mar, leads California counties in such incidents, according to file data.
The primary activity of those involved in the unprovoked attack was board sports, including surfing and bodyboarding, according to the filing.
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