VANDENBERG VILLAGE, CALIF. - <\/p>\n
After a 72-hour shutdown, Surf, Wall, and Minuteman beaches have reopened. This comes after two shark attacks along the Central Coast last week. <\/p>\n
Friday a group of kayakers said a great White shark attacked them just north of the Vandenberg Air Force Base Boathouse, near Jalama beach. <\/p>\n
They described the attack by recounting how they saw a shark get most of its body out of the water to take a bite into one kayak, throwing one of the people inside into the air. The shark then took a second bite out of the kayak. Nobody was hurt. <\/p>\n
Several local beaches were shut down as a precaution after the attack, and another incident a day earlier near Jack's Beach. <\/p>\n
Surf Beach had already been shut down for much of the summer to protect the Snowy Plover. The endangered bird's nesting season had ended just days before the attacks. <\/p>\n
The Shark Research Committee said sharks and their interactions with humans are notoriously difficult to study but says the available data indicates shark attacks along the Pacific Coast are rare. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
See the article here: <\/p>\n
Beaches Reopen 72 Hours After Shark Attacks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" VANDENBERG VILLAGE, CALIF. - After a 72-hour shutdown, Surf, Wall, and Minuteman beaches have reopened. This comes after two shark attacks along the Central Coast last week Continue reading