Man hospitalized after shark attack in Del Mar, California

A man was hospitalized on Sunday after a shark attack in Del Mar, California.

The 46-year-old male victim suffered “significant but probably not life-threatening injuries,” including bite wounds to his upper body, left arm and hand, according to a city press release.

The unidentified victim was part of a group of swimmers training about 100 yards offshore of the beach north of Torrey Pines State Park.

The press release did not specify which species of shark was involved in the attack. Juvenile great white sharks are known to swim in the waters surrounding the state park.

A three-kilometer-wide area around the attack site is closed to swimmers and surfers until Tuesday, 9 a.m. local time.

Shark bites in numbers

In 2023, 69 unprovoked shark bites were reported by the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File, six more than the five-year average.

In the United States, two people died after being bitten by sharks in 2023, one in California and one in Hawaii. In Australia, four people died in shark attacks. One death each was confirmed in the Bahamas, Egypt, Mexico and New Caledonia.

In Florida, 16 attacks involving bites were reported, including eight in Volusia County, where Daytona Beach and New Smyrna Beach are located. This area has long been called the “shark bite capital of the world.”

In addition to the fatal incident in Hawaii, there were seven other biting attacks. Three such attacks were reported in North Carolina, two in South Carolina and two in California, including the fatal incident.

There have been four biting attacks in New York, one of which occurred in New York City. One attack was reported in New Jersey.

The 36 bite attacks reported in the United States accounted for about 52% of the global total.

Biting attacks have been reported in other countries, including Costa Rica, Colombia, Brazil, New Zealand, the Seychelles, the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Ecuadorian Galápagos Islands and South Africa.

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