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A 73-year-old Californian snorkeling off Maui was attacked by an 8-foot-long shark on Friday.
The man was about 40 meters from shore when he suffered cuts to his calf, officials said.
The Maui County Fire Department responded to Kaanapali Beach at around 7:45 a.m. local time following reports of an apparent shark attack near the Westin Kāʻanapali Ocean Resort.
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“When staff arrived they found the victim had arrived ashore and was receiving first aid from KOR staff,” the fire department wrote in a Facebook post on Friday.
On Friday, the Honolulu Star Adviser reported that the man was taken to Maui Memorial Hospital in good condition.
According to the Hawaii Department of Lands and Natural Resources, there were no other divers or swimmers in the immediate vicinity and the man called 911 on his own.
Officers from their Resource Conservation and Enforcement Division and Aquatic Resource Divisions posted shark warning signs in the area after the encounter and patrolled the beach on foot and in an all-terrain vehicle to warn people.
Beach goers have been advised to stay out of the water until a green light is issued.
According to Maui Now, ocean and weather conditions were calm at the time of the report following extreme wind gusts that ravaged the Hawaiian Islands earlier last week.
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A shark attack on December 8 in nearby Honolua Bay claimed the life of a 56-year-old man. He was attacked by a 14-foot tiger shark and died from severe leg lacerations, officials said.
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