Lifeguards at Santa Cruz, California’s Waddell Creek have posted warning signs advising surfers to stay out of the water after a Great White shark was observed attacking an elephant seal about 150 out on Sunday, March 11, 2012, according to a story in the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
Rangers determined the attack was not a “direct threat” to humans in part because it was outside the surf zone. As a precaution, they plan to keep the signs posted through the weekend. . . “It was a normal interaction with a seal and a shark,” said Terry Kaiser, supervising State Parks ranger for Año Nuevo State Park. “It’s not uncommon for sharks to be in the area.”
No, it is not. But still, it would be difficult to walk past those signs and paddle out.
[Link: Santa Cruz Sentinel]
