Man Attacked by Great White Shark Off California Coast A great white shark attacked a 35-year-old man off the coast of California on Saturday. Related: VIDEO: Great White Sharks Off California Are More Common and Closer Than You Think The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office reports that the man was swimming off of Grey Whale Cove State Beach, about eighteen miles south of San Francisco, on the San Mateo […] Surf SwellBrains | June 28, 2021 0 Comments
Surfer Who Lost His Leg to a Great White Shark Wins 6-Year Legal Battle to Keep the Tooth A surfer who lost his leg, and almost his life, has just won a six-year legal battle to keep the tooth the great white shark left embedded in his surfboard. “You can see the damage on the end of the tooth from it going into my board — it’s definitely a bottom jaw tooth — its top jaw got my […] Surf SwellBrains | May 7, 2021 0 Comments
Australian Surfer Intervenes During Shark Attack To Aid Fellow Surfer Last week, surfer, Phil Mummert was attacked by a great white shark off the western coast of Australia. According to Fisheries WA (Fisheries Department of Western Australia), the great white was believed to be 13-feet (4 meters) in length and approximately as wide as a Land Cruiser. The attack occurred last Friday at Bunker Beach. With a shark that large, […] Spencer Cox | August 5, 2020 0 Comments
Woman Killed by Shark Off Coast of Maine | State’s First Ever Shark Attack Fatality A woman appears to have been killed by a shark off the coast of Maine. If confirmed it will be the state’s first-ever fatal shark attack and only the second confirmed attack in almost 200-years. Related: Why Have There Been So Many Shark Attacks in Eastern Australia? The unidentified woman was wading off the shore of Bailey Island, northeast of […] SnowBrains | July 28, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Great White Shark Kills 15-Year-Old Surfer in Australia [arve url="https://youtu.be/3bCA4umBAAc"] SwellBrains | July 20, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
UPDATE: Surfer Killed in Shark Attack in Santa Cruz County, CA Ran Local Surf Business The 26-year-old man killed in a shark attack off the coast of California on Saturday was a well-known surfer in the area and had a business shaping surfboards. His death is the first shark fatality in Northern California in over 15-years. Ben Kelly, a former Vanguard University in Orange County student, died after a shark attack on Saturday while surfing at […] Surf SwellBrains | May 12, 2020 2 Comments
How To Avoid A Shark Attack When Surfing Let’s face it — sharks are scary animals. Sure, they are often misunderstood and get a bad rap since they are incredibly vital to the ecosystem and oceanic food chain and may not mean to attack surfers in particular. Sometimes we just look like food, dressed in our wet suits on our boards appearing as sea lions. But regardless, that […] Surf Martin Kuprianowicz | September 2, 2019 2 Comments
Two Shark Attacks In Florida Within an Hour | Bitten Man Goes Straight to Bar Before Hospital Two men were victims of shark attacks off the eastern coast of Florida in separate incidents. The attacks took place 100-miles apart within an hour of each other. Related: VIDEO: 10-Foot Shark Cruising Next to Oblivious Swimmer Off Monterey Bay, CA The first attack took place around 3:30 pm ET Saturday near Jacksonville Beach Pier. Two men were surfing together […] Surf SwellBrains | July 31, 2019 0 Comments