Great White Shark. San Diego coast. Not good.

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6 months ago (2007) an apparent Great White bit the submerged end of a long board (surf board) and pulled the board and surfer under water just off of Scripps Pier (La Jolla) just before sunrise. When the surfer inspected his board for bite marks, the entire end of the long board was completely shredded.

The seal population in La Jolla has greatly increased in recent years and the local San Diego papers have been reporting increased sightings of multiple Great Whites swimming together off of Point Loma. A sea kayaker reported seeing a 20 plus foot Great White swim directly under his kayak near La Jolla Cove last fall.

A decade ago a woman in a kayak was attacked by a Great White that breeched the water in La Jolla Cove to bite her. She was kayaking near the seals in the cove and she was treated and released for wounds, before returning to her home in Mexico.

Great whites have frequented San Diego in the past and seem to be increasing in numbers with the increase in the seal population. When the national papers claim that there haven't been any recent attacks or sighting of Great Whites in the San Diego area, they could not be further from the truth!

Any day that you don't have really large waves, you always have a risk. Most regular surfers in La Jolla have seen Great whites recently.

Mark Shaw
La Jolla, CA

4-26-2008 @ 9:07AM

iva.skoch said...

Wow. I had no idea. Surfers are cool...I can't believe they are not afraid!

Thanks!

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