The Maui News Shark warning signs are up from Hookipa to Baldwin Beach Park after a 45-year-old Haiku woman sustained minor scrapes in an apparent encounter
Hawaii officials have shared warnings after a woman was launched into the air when she was attacked by a shark while surfing. Shark warning signs were raised…
The woman reported to authorities that while she was surfing a shark she described as a 10-12-foot-long Galapagos shark bit her board and launched her into the air. She landed on the shark which then bit through her board leash, according to an account detailed by the state Department of Land and Natural Resources. Officials say she was able to get back onto her board and swim to shore without further incident.