The LA Times may joke that the beaches of southern California might be a great place for AIG executives to take part in a “long-distance swimming race with no lifelines” but to those who surf everyday the recent shark sightings are not all that funny.
- A surfer over the weekend reportedly was rushed by a large shark off Carlsbad, which is about seven miles north of Solana Beach. This has not been confirmed.
- A beachcomber off Bolsa Chica State Beach on Monday discovered a headless sea lion with other wounds. Perhaps this serves as evidence that adult great whites, which generally prey on much larger elephant seals off Northern California, are utilizing an increasingly dense sea lion population off Southern California.
- The remains of a seal or sea lion washed up on a beach in Carlsbad on Sunday.
- A swimmer and stand-up paddleboard surfer in the Pacific Palisedes area on Saturday reported sighting estimated seven- and eight-foot sharks, 15 minutes apart around 8 a.m. The swimmer said there were two sharks, and that one of them leaped, or breached.
- Three people atop Balboa Pier in Newport Beach on Saturday reported sighting an estimated eight-foot shark, which also breached.
We’re not looking forward to seeing any, thank you.
[Link: LA Times]
hope this goes up on surf line and hits the ap wire, make the water less dense.
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