According to the Santa Cruz Sentinel Seacliff and New Brighton state beaches have been closed “for up to seven days after visitors spotted a shark chomping on a porpoise off Seacliff beach about 3:10 p.m.”
“We have a confirmed predatory activity attack by a shark,” said Kirk Lingenfelter, superintendent with California State Parks, who ordered the closures when a four-foot long harbor porpoise washed up on Seacliff beach soon after the shark was spotted. . . Lingenfelter said researchers are still determining the size and type of the shark. Scientists with Long Marine Lab hauled the porpoise off for study Tuesday afternoon.
This is reportedly the first time in five years that a county beach has been closed due to a shark sighing. Marin County’s Stinson Beach closed yesterday after a sighting, but that seems to happen all the time.
[Link: Santa Cruz Sentinel via @oldschooler]
