As of 1:00 pm Sunday, at least 1,700 box jellyfish were found at Waikiki beaches, with up to 170 stings!
Box jellyfish show up around about once a month, 7-10 days after the full moon, but this month it’s looking like the numbers could be record-breaking. We’ll keep you posted.
A shark sighting at Makaha Beach on Tuesday closed the popular Oahu beach.
A beachgoer spotted the 8 to 10 foot shark, and then lifeguards confirmed the sighting just TWO YARDS from shore!
After another shark sighting in the afternoon, lifeguards decided to keep the warning signs up. They will decide whether it is safe to take them down this morning.
A group of people diving off the Hawaii last week spotted a tiger shark chowing down on a goat.
Joyce Blutt snapped some pics of the shark on goat action which was going down about half a mile off Kawaiahae last Monday. She says the shark had eaten half of the goat by the time they got there. If you look close you can see a hoof on the right hand side. Ew.
The turtle didn’t stand a chance. Some pictures of a shark making a meal out of a turtle were snapped on Monday less than a mile off shore in Maunalua Bay just outside the surf spot called Turtles.
The shark was obviously concentrating on the turtle, but the people in the boat were warned to keep all appendages out of the water.
Two more reported shark sightings on Oahu’s Windward side… the first closed Waimanalo Beach Park when someone saw a 15-foot tiger shark in the water.
Then, on Sunday afternoon, someone reported a six to eight foot shark at Lanikai. They couldn’t confirm the sighting so the beach is still open.
This comes after a busy week of sightings and one attack.
In what state experts call the biggest influx of sharks they’ve seen in a long time, beaches from Hapuna to Waialea bay closed for six straight days. They reopened but signs stayed posted Friday.
…and last Tuesday, Todd Murashige was bitten on his right leg while surfing Crouching Lions.
…and on Thursday, a 10-to-12 foot tiger shark off Laniakeas and Chuns Reef had lifeguards pulling people out of the water. No one there was hurt.
Todd Murashige held a press conference where he described the details of his attack. he shark clamped onto his right thigh and left him with a wound wrapping around his entire leg. There was a lot of muscle and tendon hanging out. Ew.
Todd Murashige, the Kane’ohe man who was attacked by a shark off the Crouching Lion restaurant Tuesday afternoon is on the mend and “thinks he’s going to be able to keep his leg.”
Aren Souza, who came to the aid of the victim, spoke with the man by phone yesterday and gave an update on his condition.
“There doesn’t seem to be any nerve damage,” Souza said. “They’re going to check his wounds in a couple of days.”
The victim was about three-quarters of a mile offshore in the same area as Souza when he was attacked. Todd and Souza, 26, paddled their boards in and Souza was able to wrap the wound with a towel, hail a passing truck and call 911. The attack was over in seconds. The shark struck, the victim yelled and was pulled under water.
Firefighters at the scene had credited Souza with saving Todd’s life, but Souza said Todd was the calm one, telling Souza what he had to do.