Following the Solana Beach shark attack in which a 66-year-old triathlete was killed, the sharks in Florida have been going off. Three bites in three days at New Smyrna Beach.
The latest attack happened Monday as David Alger, 18, was surfing south of the jetty. . . . The beach patrol said he stepped off his board and was bitten on his left foot. . . . Over the weekend, two other surfers were bitten in separate incidents.
[Link: CF News 13]
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Jupiter, Florida surfer Brandon Dugan didn’t let a little shark bite on his left arm slow him down, according to a story on WPTV.com. Nope. He just rolled with it and didn’t even need help from rescuers.
When they arrived, Brandon Dugan was out of the water with lacerations on his left arm. One of his friends drove him to get stitches and by the afternoon was back to work at Locals Surf Shop in Jupiter.
Seems like sharks a just a nuisance in Florida.
[Link: WPTV.com]
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St. Augustin Beach, Florida surfer Andrew Birchall, 37, is recovering from two shark bites to his foot after jumping off his board and stepping on a shark, according to a story in Action News Jax.
“When he got off the board, he apparently stepped on the shark in about waist deep water. The shark bit him we think twice. We think he bit him once, then kind of pulled his foot out of the shark’s mouth, then he got another bite on his toes,” mother Nancy Birchall said. . . She said her son has been surfing the St. Augustine Beach area for years, and never had a problem.
After a trip to the hospital and surgery to remove a shark tooth from his foot, Birchall is doing well. Seems it’s hard to step off your board in Florida without stepping on a shark.
[Link: Action News Jax]
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While it may like nearly all Florida surfers eventually get bitten by a shark, that is not the case, however, on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, a 32-year-old surfer was hit while riding waves in Melbourne Beach, according to a story in the Miami Herald.
The surfer told authorities he was paddling out from shore at Melbourne Beach when he placed his hand in the water and felt a bite. . . His hand was treated by paramedics at the beach, and he didn’t need to be taken to a hospital.
While half of the “unprovoked shark attacks” in the US in 2012 have happened in Florida, this was reportedly only the third shark attack in Brevard County this year.
[Link: Miami Herald]
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A 28-year-old surfer was bitten on the hand while surfing last night (Thursday, April 19, 2012) in Melbourne Beach, Florida, according to a story on Florida Today.
He was paddling out when he felt something grab his left hand. He looked into the water and saw a shark of unknown species that he estimated to be five feet long. Reflexively, he pulled his hand back. . . The man attempted to drive himself to the hospital, but pulled into the Wendy’s parking lot near the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Miramar Avenue and called 911.
The surfer is reportedly in stable condition.
[Link: Florida Today]
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A man surfing Florida’s Jensen Public Beach was hit multiple times in his left arm by a five to six-foot-long shark today, according to a story in the Palm Beach Post.
The man suffered multiple bites to his left arm, but crews were able to control his bleeding and none of his injuries appear to be life-threatening. The man refused medical transport and was taken to a local hospital by his wife, Fire Rescue Bureau Chief Daniel Harshburger said.
That’s three shark attacks in two days. Apparently it’s shark migration time in Florida or something.
[Link: Palm Beach Post]
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Daniel True, 19, went out for a surf Friday (September 2, 2011) at Florida’s Shark Bite Bay Ponce de Leon Inlet and was in four feet of water when felt something hit his let.
Officials say True made it back to shore and received medical attention. He then drove himself to the hospital where he got 34 stitches.
Hurricanes really seem to bring out the sharks. . . or is it the surfers?
[Link: WPTV.com]
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Florida, Florida, Florida. Add Shane Lancaster, 19, of Keystone Heights to the list of surfers bitten by a shark while surfing Florida’s sunny beaches.
“The water was probably up to my belly button and I slid off my board. And as soon as my foot hit the sand, (the shark) grabbed ahold real quick and it was gone,” Lancaster said. . . “It wasn’t like I was screaming,” he said of the pain. “It was scary and shocking, that’s all.”
After a trip to the hospital and some stitches Lancaster was back home and feeling okay.
[Link: First Coast News]
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The Daily Mail headline was a little hard to miss: “100,000 sharks mass off Florida’s beaches.” And so far no one has been bitten. Not even in Volusia Country, the shark-bite capital of the world.
Pilot Steve Irwin [no relation] was astonished after spotting a mass of more than 100,000 sharks swimming just 100 yards off Florida’s sandy beaches.. . . The sharks – believed to be Spinners, between 3ft and 7ft long – were heading north and swimming parallel to the east coast’s idyllic white beaches between Fort Lauderdale and exclusive Jupiter Island.
As if Florida surfers didn’t have it hard enough already. . .[Editors’ note: We think that’s the fourth or fifth time we’ve said that.]
[Link: Daily Mail]
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Melissa Hardcastle, 27, was surfing out in front of the Jupiter Reef Club in Jupiter, Florida on Friday, November 13, 2009 when she felt something chomp down on her foot, according to a story on wptv.com.
Her mother says she never saw the shark but knew what it was immediately. . . “She’s got some marks. She’s lucky to have her foot, but she’s good, very good,” says Hardcastle. . . Melissa never saw the shark, only felt it. Her mother says she grabbed the board and rode the waves to shore.
Hardcastle spent the night at Jupiter Medical Center and will be having surgery this morning. Spooky. . .
[Link: wptv.com]
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