The U.S. Coast Guard is among the many businesses looking out Monday for a lacking swimmer off a seaside in California following a reported shark assault close to San Francisco.
Coast Guard San Francisco Public Info Officer Grace Patton advised Fox Information Digital a witness had knowledgeable authorities Sunday in regards to the alleged incident within the Wildcat Seashore space of the Level Reyes Nationwide Seashore.
“It was reported as a shark assault – we now have not confirmed that,” she stated Monday.
The Nationwide Park Service stated Sunday that “Level Reyes Nationwide Seashore, with help from cooperating businesses, has an energetic search and rescue within the Wildcat Seashore space” after an individual was “reported lacking within the water.”
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Wildcat Seashore alongside the Level Reyes Nationwide Seashore, the place the swimmer has been reported lacking. (NPS/A. Kopshever)
“The search continues for a lacking individual final seen within the water at Wildcat Seashore this morning,” NPS later stated Sunday afternoon. “On scene are personnel from NPS, Marin County/ Stinson Seashore Hearth, engines and UTVs, Attain 3 medical helicopter and a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter and Cutter.”
Marin County firefighters decided that three males went for a swim when one in every of them was attacked by a shark, in accordance with CBS San Francisco.
The opposite swimmers advised first responders that there was a big pool of blood within the water and that they have been swimming between 25 and 50 yards from the shoreline, the station added.
“After looking out 21 sq. nautical miles in preferrred search circumstances, we have been unsuccessful thus far. The intent right here is to proceed the search,” U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Rachel Davis advised CBS San Francisco on Sunday.
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An aerial view of Level Reyes Nationwide Seashore in Inverness, California, on Could 31, 2023. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Company by way of Getty Photos)
The lacking swimmer, who has not been recognized, is believed to be round 50 years outdated.
“To my data, yeah, this could possibly be the primary deadly shark assault [in the Marin County area]. However we’re hopeful that he’ll be discovered,” Marin County Hearth Division Senior Captain Ben Ghisletta advised CBS San Francisco.
Authorities additionally stated to the station that the three swimmers, together with the lacking swimmer, have been tenting with as much as 15 others at an space close to the seaside.
“Wildcat Seashore is a 2.9-miles-long seaside deep throughout the Phillip Burton Wilderness within the southern a part of the nationwide seashore,” the Nationwide Park Service says on its web site.
A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Port Angeles is seen flying in Washington State in January 2018. The Coast Guard is helping within the seek for the lacking swimmer in California. (U.S. Coast Guard picture by Chief Petty Officer David Mosley)
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“Hypothermia (the ocean water could also be as little as 50°F [10°C]), sneaker waves, and rip currents are just some seaside hazards of which guests ought to be conscious whereas visiting Level Reyes Seashores,” the location provides.
Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox Information Digital.
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