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The assault occurred Sunday morning at Del Mar City Beach in Del Mar, in San Diego County about 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of San Diego, native officers mentioned.
The 46-year-old man, an ocean swimmer who repeatedly trains on the seashore, suffered important however not life-threatening accidents. He was taken to a hospital for remedy, metropolis officers mentioned.
The assault occurred about 100 yards (91 meters) from a seashore lifeguard station at seventeenth Street. The swimmer was bitten within the torso, left arm and hand.
Authorities mentioned the seashore will stay closed for surfers and swimmers till Tuesday morning.
The man was attacked when he was swimming with roughly a dozen different individuals, mentioned Chief Lifeguard and Community Services Director Jonathan Edelbrock.
Lifeguards have been establishing on the seashore for the day after they have been alerted of the scenario.
No one had seen the shark when the assault occurred, Edelbrock mentioned. The metropolis additionally deployed a drone and a ship to search for the shark afterwards with no success.
“The water visibility was actually poor,” he mentioned. “You simply can’t see something that’s transferring by way of the water column in any respect. The actual second of the incident was actually the one interplay with, or sighting of, the shark.”
Another swimmer was attacked by a shark in November 2022 on the coast of Del Mar, the place she was bitten within the higher thigh. A well-liked seashore in San Clemente, 41 miles (66 kilometers) north of Del Mar, additionally closed for the Memorial Day vacation final week after a shark bumped a surfer off his board.
