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GOOD DIVING OPPORTUNITIES IN CALIFORNIA'S DILLON BEACH REPORTED RECENTLY. FERRY YOUR GEAR OUT ON A BOARD. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 06 Oct 1996 08:39:51 -0800 From: "Henry F. Mollet" <mollet@mb*.ne*> To: Burgess George <gburgess@fl*.uf*.ed*> Cc: Goldman Ken <" keng"@vims.edu>, elasmo-l posting <elasmo-l@um*.ed*> Subject: Shark attack near Dillon Beach SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER, Sunday October 6, 1996, p.C-3 SHARK ATTACKS SURFER NEAR DILLON BEACH Man gouged in leg; 2nd area incident in 2 months by Eric Brazil of the Examiner Staff A young surfer suffered severe lacerations to his left leg from a shark attack near Dillon Beach north of Tomales Bay on Saturday morning. Mark Kuirt, 22, of Tomales Bay, Marin County, was surfing with his father and several friends at privately owned Day Beach in front of family-run Lawson's Resort when the shark struck at his board about 9.30 a.m. Towed to shore by his companions, Kuirt was driven to the resort in a pick-up driven by Mark Lawson, 44, then taken by helicopter to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, where he underwent surgery. "It could've been a lot worse, but it was pretty bad," said Marin County Fire Department Capt. Rich Lopez. "He had six or seven lacerations 2 to 6 inches long from his left knee on down and laceration on his left hand. They looked pretty deep." "I don't know what kind of shark it was, but they said it was a big shark," Lopez said. The shark attack was the first record at Day Beach, said Stan Lawson, 38, who, after learning of it from the resort's beach attendant, made the 911 call that brought the Fire Department and Reach-1 hospital helicopter to the rescue. "The impressive thing was the quickness of the response," Stan Lawson said. "The Fire Department was here in nine minutes and in another three or four minutes we had the helicopter." Lawson said that "beautiful waves were coming in" and there was a big surfing crowd when the shark attacked, but then surfers quickly headed for the beach. To make sure that there would be on recurrence, "we put out notices that today was a shark attack and recommended that people not go into the water," he said. The attack was the second in less than two months in the area. On Aug. 13, abalone diver Colum Tinley, 36, was bitten by a 15-foot great white shark during encounter off Bird Rock. He needed 50 stitches. "I feel lucky," he said the next day. "I could be dead." ************************************************* Henry F. Mollet, Ph.D. Monterey Bay Aquarium R&D volunteer 886 Cannery Row, Monterey CA 93940 email: mollet@mb*.ne* FAX: 408-648-4810 home page: http://www.mbay.net/~mollet/Index.html *************************************************
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