Crime & Safety
Surfer Bitten By Sick Sea Lion Off Oxnard Coast
The surfer, RJ LaMendola, said he was roughly 150 yards away from the share when the sick sea lion started chasing after him.
March 24, 2025
A surfer was sent to the hospital after a sick sea lion attacked him off the Oxnard coast.
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The surfer, RJ LaMendola, said he was roughly 150 yards away from the share when the sick sea lion started chasing after him.
"I don't know how to describe the fear that gripped me in that moment," he wrote on Facebook. "So far from shore, so helpless, staring into the face of this creature that looked like nothing I'd ever seen—its expression was feral, almost demonic, devoid of the curiosity or playfulness I'd always associated with sea lions."
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