Kanapali Shark Attack
 

Does anyone know what beach/resort this happened off of this morning?

And will one shark incident cause you to change your vacation?<BR><BR>Nothing wrong with asking your question, I'm just curious whether or not you'll live life differently because of one incident. The sharks have been there every day for centuries.

It is off the Embassy in Kaanapali.<BR>Here is the link:<BR>http://www.maui.net/~mauinews/framnews.htm<BR><BR>Cathy<BR>

Nope, wouldn't change a thing if I had a vacation planned which unfortunately, I don't. Just wanted some information on it which was kindly provided by Cathy. Thanks.

The person was a female visitor from San Diego and a former triathlon participant. It happened about 10:45 am Sunday, and she was about 200 yds. from shore, and was swimming alone! Most shark attacks are one bite only, the problem is if you are that far out from shore there could be a lot of blood loss while trying to get back to shore. She was way offshore, beyond other surfers and swimmers. She received severe lacerations to her right shoulder and right forearm. Looks like she is very lucky and will be OK. Lesson- Always have a healthy respect for the ocean and never swim alone!!!

What the mauinews fails to point out is tourist areas of Maui are having an exceptional rash of sharkbites. So far this year it has had twice as many as the whole state usually gets all year:<BR><BR>http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/ar.../ln/ln06a.html

The Honolulu Advertiser article does not say that Maui has had twice as many shark bites as the whole state usually gets in a year. It says that &quot;three to four shark incidents occur every year in Hawai'i, although there have been at least six shark attacks reported this year&quot;.<BR>

I have not read what happened here but I can tell you from watching other shark attacks in Hawaii over the years it usually takes place when a few safety rules are broken.<BR><BR>9out of 10 times it takes place when someone is night diving in unprotected (no reef) waters, swimming in murky water, near the opening of a river mouth, swimming at dusk or dawn. These are simple rules Public Safety organizations promote.<BR><BR> I can't recall a case where someone was struck on a sunny day, clear water beach. About 10 years ago off the coast of Maui some killings occurred but fishing boats were coming far too close to shore. Florida is much more of a shark capital than Hawaii. <BR>