Crime & Safety
Surfer Attacked By Shark On Marin County Coast
The surfer escaped injury in his encounter with a shark at a local beach, officials said.
MARIN COUNTY, CA — A surfer avoided injury when a shark bumped his board at Dillon Beach in Marin County, officials said Tuesday.
The surfer was hit by what officials assume is a great white shark around 200 yards offshore, according to the Marin County Fire Department.
The shark left a nose print on the bottom of the surfer's board.
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California Department of Fish and Wildlife took a DNA sample from the board to confirm the type of shark.
On Sunday, a swimmer vanished off another Northern California beach, and witnesses reported seeing a shark breach with a human's body in its mouth.
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A swimmer, a 55-year-old woman, was reported missing by her group off the coast of Pacific Grove in Monterey County. Authorities said two people reported seeing a shark in the area before she disappeared.
There have been 229 documented shark attacks recorded since 1950 in California, according to the CDFW.
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