Montara State Beach reopens following shark attack
(KRON) — California State Parks officials reopened Montara State Beach Monday after a surfer's board was bitten by a shark on May 31 around 2 p.m.
The shark attack happened roughly 100 yards offshore, California State Parks supervising ranger Barbara Morris told KRON4. California State Parks closed the beach for 48 hours following the attack. The surfer was not injured in the attack.
The California Academy of Sciences website states that sharks off the California coast like to feed on seals and sea lions. If a person is attacked, it's likely because sharks mistook them for prey, according to the California Academy of Sciences.
'The majority of attacks occur at the surface, placing swimmers, surfers, kayakers, and scuba divers at greatest risk,' the CAS website states. 'The appearance of a surfer on a short surfboard, for example, might easily be mistaken by the shark for a basking sea lion.'
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It's unclear what type of shark attacked the surfer's board Saturday. Experts at the California State University Long Beach Shark Lab are analyzing the bite marks in the surfboard to possibly identify the species. California State University Long Beach Marine Biology Professor and Shark Lab Director Chris Lowe told KRON4 that the lab may know more by Friday.
Watch the full report from KRON4's Charles Clifford in the video at the top of this story.
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