Third Shark Sighting in Central CA

Surfers Richard and Paul Shannon of Atascadero, CA believe they saw a large shark in the surf along San Simeon State Park about 7:30 a.m. Friday.

The men were surfing about 150 feet from the beach when they spotted the large, black fin sticking 2.5-to-3 feet out of the water, and it wasn’t ‘porpoising,’ or moving up and down, the way a dolphin’s fin would. It was slowly moving side to side. They didn’t stick around to see the rest of it.

State Parks is not closing ocean waters there to public use but instead will post signs soon to warn anyone entering the water that they should keep away from dangerous marine wildlife.

How exactly do you “keep away” from marine life?

This is the third credible shark sighting along the San Luis Obispo County coast since June 27.

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