A surfer who jumped off his board during an aerial maneuver Tuesday at Florida’s New Smyrna Beach was bitten by a shark after landing on the predator.
Donald Walsh, 40, received lacerations to his calf and one of his hands during the incident at a beach sometimes referred to as the “shark attack capital of the world.”
WESH 2 reported that Walsh told lifeguards that he had caught air and came down on a shark estimated to measure about 6 feet. WESH 2 reporter Claire Metz tweeted that the man was bitten only once and declined a ride to a hospital.
Bay News 9 reported that Walsh had been surfing in waist-deep water and that the incident occurred at about 11:55 a.m. He was treated by Ocean Rescue.
This was the fourth shark bite documented this year at New Smyrna Beach, which is in Volusia County.
–New Smyrna Beach images are via Wikimedia Commons
