US EditionSurfer Hospitalized Following Sonoma Coast Shark Attack
The surfer was bitten while paddling amid 8- to 12-foot swells and later self-transported to hospital; North Salmon Creek Beach remains closed, officials said.
- Friday morning, an unidentified surfer was hospitalized with minor injuries after being bitten on the hand at North Salmon Creek Beach, Sonoma County, shortly after 9 a.m.
- Amid 8- to 12-foot swells, the shark may have bitten the surfer's hand while paddling 300 to 400 yards from shore, with bite marks visible on the surfboard.
- Sonoma County Sheriff's Marine Unit, already on patrol nearby, quickly located the surfer who made shore, bandaged his hand, and initially declined treatment before self-transporting to a hospital.
- Authorities closed North Salmon Creek Beach and urged surfers to be observant and surf with a buddy, noting shark attacks off the Sonoma Coast are rare.
- Department of Fish and Wildlife data shows seven documented shark encounters this year and 227 incidents since 1950, with Salmon Creek about 70 miles north of San Francisco known for white shark activity.
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