Surfer uninjured after shark bites her board off California

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

MORRO BAY, Calif. (AP) — A surfer escaped injury on Saturday after a great white shark bit her board off California's central coast.

Elinor Dempsey, 54, of Los Osos, California, said she was surfing at Morro Strand State Beach, just north of Morro Bay, around 10 a.m. when a shark swam under her board and chomped on it, leaving an approximately 14-inch wide bite mark.

Dempsey pushed her board toward the shark as she jumped off.

Other surfers who saw the attack warned everyone else to get out of the water. Some of the surfers helped Dempsey reunite with her board, and she got back on it to get to shore.

FULL story at link.



At home in Los Osos, Calif., Elinor Dempsey, 54, shows her surfboard which a shark bit earlier Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015 while she was in Morro Bay. She was uninjured in the attack. (Laura Dickinson/The Tribune (of San Luis Obispo) via AP)

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[secondvariety]

1. Yikes.

That would scare the stuffing out of me.

[dhill926]

2. thinking of going kayaking in Morro Bay...

in Oct. Um, er, uh.....

[KansDem]

3. She needs a bigger surfboard...nt

[yellowcanine]

4. Why was her board on California in the first place?

Writer needs to work on how to write a clear headline.