Shark Attacks Man At Lovers Point In Pacific Grove

The Pacific Grove Police Department received a call about the incident at 10:40 a.m., Shayla Hoffman, a department spokeswoman, told SFGATE. The department said the adult male was swimming. The man was taken by ambulance to Natividad Medical Center in Salinas, Hoffman said. His condition is unknown. Arrival at Sea Palm and the beach and shoreline at Lovers Point are closed until Saturday. “They are using a drone to try to locate the shark in the water,” Hoffman said. The species of shark that bit man is unknown. Lovers Point Park is a popular gathering place in the Pacific Grove with a sandy beach and rocky grass at its western end pouring into the ocean.
Shark attacks in California are not common, but they do happen occasionally. Almost a year ago, on June 28, a 35-year-old man was swimming off Gray Whale Cove State Beach off the coast of San Mateo when he was bitten on the leg by a large white shark 6 to 8 feet long.