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The attack occurred at Surf Beach near Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California, just two years (almost to the very day) after a fatal attack in the same location. Authorities from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office positively identified the species involved in the attack as a 15–16 feet (4.6–4.9 m) great white ...
The area has a very large population of marine mammals, such as elephant seals, harbor seals, sea otters and sea lions, which are favored prey of great white sharks. [1] Around thirty-eight percent of recorded great white shark attacks on humans in the United States have occurred within the Red Triangle—eleven percent of the worldwide total. [2]
Lists of fatal shark attacks include: List of fatal shark attacks in Australia; List of fatal shark attacks in Réunion; List of fatal shark attacks in South African territorial waters; List of fatal shark attacks in the United States
A shark attack is an attack on a human by a shark. Every year, around 80 unprovoked attacks are reported worldwide. [1] ... California, Texas and the Carolinas, ...
A fatal shark attack occurred on Baker Beach on May 7, 1959, [7] [8] [9] when 18-year-old Albert Kogler Jr. was attacked by a great white shark while he was in water 15 ft (4.5 m) deep. [10] This was the only shark attack recorded on Baker Beach. Baker Beach path with shrubs and crow
Unprovoked shark attacks are rare: There were just 36 in the U.S. last year, including two in California, one of them fatal, the Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack ...
In 2002, a surfer was attacked by a 12-to-15-foot-long (3.7 to 4.6 m) great white shark while surfing off Stinson Beach. The young man survived, but received more than 100 stitches to close his wounds. The attack was the second in Stinson Beach, and the 13th in Marin County since 1952.
There are numerous species of sharks found in the Pacific Ocean; of these sharks, 36 [1] have habitat ranges throughout the coastlines and surrounding waters of California, as identified below. Identifications include common names; scientific names; the taxonomic rank, family; conservation statuses according to IUCN; and an image.