Swimmer Reports Shark Encounter Off Padaro Beach

Photos: John Palminteri / KEYT

By edhat staff

A local swimmer sustained minor injuries to a foot following a suspected shark bite near Padaro Lane on Friday afternoon, according to Coastal View News.

The swimmer, a woman in her 50s, was lap swimming approximately 50 to 60 yards offshore when she states a 6-foot long shark with a dark dorsal fin bumped her and swam away. 

Carpinteria firefighters and an ambulance responded to the area around 2:30 p.m. The woman was reportedly treated for two small lacerations on her foot at a local hospital.

Last weekend edhat readers shared photos of sharks swimming off Padaro and Santa Claus Lane. There were also reports of a Coast Guard helicopter informing beachgoers of up to eight sharks in the area.

Signs are now posted on beaches in Carpinteria and Summerland informing swimmers and surfers of the suspected attack. 

Edhat Staff

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  1. Why weren’t signs already posted with all the verified sightings last week? Doesn’t seem very proactive to wait until someone gets brushed up against…

  2. How can you call this an “attack” she wasn’t even bitten. No missing chunks. She got gummed at worst. You do know that Jaws, the movie, was fiction, right?

  3. Dear Edhat, thanks for fixing the headline. Even South Carolina calls a fatal alligator attack an “encounter”. Preserve and protect Carpinteria and it’s free range sharks!
    Sheesh 7 downvotes for telling the truth. No wonder this country is a mess.

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