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The boy suffered traumatic injuries to the upper torso and was taken to the hospital. His current state is unknown, told reporters Captain Larry Giles, lifeguard at Encinitas.
Encinitas is about 25 miles north of San Diego.
The attack took place before 7 am, about 150 to 200 meters from Beacon Beach, said Giles.
Several people were in the water diving for lobster fishing, he said, because it was the opening season for shellfish harvesting. Three good Samaritans heard the boy's cry and helped bring him back to shore by kayak, Giles said.
The rescuers were on duty early Saturday because of two nearby events, and the response to the attack was "very brief," Giles said.
"The rescuer was a quarter mile away from the incident with a lifeguard truck and arrived at the scene and began providing first aid immediately," he said. The rescuer was an emergency medical technician, added Giles.
The paramedics arrived shortly after and the boy was taken to the hospital. He was aware and was talking on the beach, said Giles, as well as on the way to the hospital.
Chad Hammel said he was one of the men in the water who helped.
Hammel said that he thought the boy was just excited when he heard him scream for the first time.
"And then I realized that he was screaming:" I've been bitten! Help, help, '" said Hammel.
He did not realize the extent of the boy's injuries until he and a friend put them on their kayaks.
"Once we took it on the kayak, we could see what happened," Hammel said. "And all his collarbone is torn, you can see the ball joint and everything."
The nearby beaches between the beaches of Ponto and Swami will be closed for 48 hours after the attack, Giles said. There has been no shark activity in the area since then. A previously scheduled surf event has been canceled.
Giles said that there had been a non-lethal shark attack earlier this year at Camp Pendleton, north of Encinitas.
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