Posted on 9:28 am, Tuesday, April 23, 2019. Tags: shark attack, waikoloa, west hawaii
At 9:15 a.m., Tuesday (April 23) Hawaii County Civil Defense announced a beach closure due to a shark attack in West Hawaii. The Fire Department reported a shark attack occurred off the coast near Anaehoomalu Bay (A Bay) around 8:30 a.m. this morning. The beaches in the vicinity are closed until further notice.
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Posted on 3:32 pm, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. Tags: shark attack, west hawaii
A 75-year-old man received wounds to his leg after 10:00 a.m. in an apparent shark encounter. The Hawai‘i County Fire Dept. received the report from an isolated area between ‘Anaeho‘omalu Bay and Keawaiki in the Waikoloa area of North Hawai‘i.
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Posted on 11:16 am, Saturday, March 31, 2018. Tags: kona, shark attack, west hawaii
At 9:31 a.m. Saturday (March 31) a shark attack was reported at Kukio Beach in Kona. Medics arrived to find a 25-year-old man being treated by bystanders with multiple tourniquets to his right side extremities due to extensive injuries from a suspected shark attack.
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Posted on 9:18 am, Wednesday, November 4, 2015. Tags: puna, shark attack
Officials from the DLNR Divisions of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) and Aquatic Resources (DAR) interviewed a man who suffered lacerations to his right foot while swimming in turbid water about 100 yards off shore, off Kehena Beach in the Puna District on Hawaii Island on Tuesday.
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Posted on 7:48 pm, Sunday, September 20, 2015. Tags: Kohala, shark attack
At 3:52 p.m. Sunday (Sept 20) fire/rescue crews responded to a Upolu Point in Kohala for a man injured in a shark attack. The 27-year-old man was spearfishing about 60 yards offshore when he was attacked by a Tiger Shark which bit him on the thigh and calf. The man said the shark was about […]
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Posted on 9:52 am, Friday, March 20, 2015. Tags: shark attack
Hawaii County Civil Defense: This is a beach closure information update for 7:45 a.m. Fri, (March 20). All Big Island beaches will open today on their normal schedules.
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Posted on 3:14 pm, Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Tags: hapuna beach, shark attack
A Kansas man suffered a shark attack Wednesday (March 18) at Hapuna Beach Park. In response to an 11:46 a.m. call, South Kohala officers responded to Hapuna Beach and learned that a 58-year-old man from Overland Park, Kansas, had been snorkeling with family at the south point of the beach when a shark bit him […]
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Posted on 2:47 pm, Friday, October 31, 2014. Tags: Kohala, police, shark attack
A 34-year-old Kailua-Kona woman was attacked by a shark while surfing at Halaula Lighthouse in North Kohala. At 11:12 a.m. Friday (October 31), police received a report that the victim was en route to North Hawaiʻi Community Hospital with injuries to two fingers.
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Posted on 3:10 pm, Wednesday, December 11, 2013. Tags: ninole bay, punaluu, shark attack
Hawaii 24/7 Staff Police are investigating a shark bite that occurred Wednesday (Dec. 11) at Punaluu in the area of Punaluu Beach and Ninole Bay. At approximately 8 a.m., a 29-year-old Captain Cook man reported being bitten by a shark while body boarding in the area of Ninole Bay, which is just south of county’s […]
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Posted on 6:15 pm, Sunday, August 18, 2013. Tags: pohoiki, puna, shark attack
Rescue crews responded to a 1:38 p.m. alarm Sunday (Aug 18) to the Pohoiki Boat Ramp for a shark attack victim. Crews arrived to find a 16-year-old boy being treated by life guards at the Pohoiki Boat Ramp. The victim had been surfing in an area known as ‘Dead Trees’ when he was attacked from […]
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Posted on 3:07 pm, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Tags: kekaha kai state park, shark attack, tiger shark
Hawaii 24/7 Staff Police have initiated a public accident case in connection with a shark attack Tuesday afternoon in waters off a Kona beach. A Kailua-Kona man was swimming about 100 feet off shore shortly before 1 p.m. when he spotted a shark in waters off Kekaha Kai State Park, also known as Kona Coast […]
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Posted on 9:32 pm, Wednesday, February 13, 2013. Tags: international shark attack file, shark attack
Total of 53 attacks in the U.S., including 11 in non-North American Hawaii and Puerto Rico, was highest U.S. yearly total since 2000
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Posted on 9:24 pm, Wednesday, January 16, 2013. Tags: kiholo bay, shark attack, west hawaii
Fire/rescue units responded to a 5:10 p.m. alarm Wednesday (Jan 16) to Kiholo Bay for a man bitten by a shark. A 43-year-old man was surfing with a friend at Kiholo Bay when he was bitten on the lower right arm. Bystanders on the beach were attending to the bitten surfer when medics arrived. The […]
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Posted on 4:04 pm, Sunday, March 18, 2012. Tags: great white shark, mark barville, pine trees, shark attack, spearfishing
Spearfisherman reports 16-foot shark charged him about 100 yards off Pine Trees
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