Professional Lifeguard Killed in Shark Attack While Surfing in Oahu, Hawaii

Published: 24 June 2024 at 06:49

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City and County of Honolulu Ocean Safety lifeguard Tamayo Perry, 49, died in a shark attack near Goat Island off the island of Oahu in Hawaii. Perry, a professional surfer and legendary waterman, was well-loved and respected in the surfing community. Authorities responded to the incident on Oahu's North Shore, where Perry, known for his infectious personality, was pronounced dead on the scene.

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11-year-old girl bitten by shark in Hawaii at popular beach, officials say

An 11-year-old girl in Hawaii was bitten on her foot by a shark at a beach in Kaaawa on the island of Oahu, suffering a non-life-threatening injury. This incident marks the first reported shark encounter in Hawaii in 2024, with witnesses spotting a small reef shark in the area. The child's parents declined treatment at an emergency room, and Honolulu Ocean Safety is placing warning signs in the vicinity.

Whale Shark and Sperm Whale Strandings in Osaka Raise Concerns

A 30-foot whale shark caught on video catching fish in Kaneohe Bay in Oahu, while a 39-foot sperm whale died in Osaka Bay and is to be buried for display in a local museum. The stranding raises questions about the reasons and costs involved in handling such incidents. Experts mention possible causes like tidal fluctuations, diseases, and climate change for these strandings in Japan.

Sunset Beach (Oahu) (Wikipedia)

Sunset Beach is on the North Shore of Oahu in Hawaii and known for big wave surfing during the winter season. The original Hawaiian name for this place is Paumalū. It is a two-mile (3.3 km) stretch of mostly beige sand located at 59-104 Kamehameha Highway in Pupukea, 39 miles (63 km) driving distance from Waikiki. Lifeguards are usually present. Like many beaches on Oahu's North Shore, Sunset Beach is considered dangerous for inexperienced surfers, due to extensive coral formations near the surface that present the risk of serious injury. Trade winds will be an advantage and a disadvantage, at the same, as the offshore breeze will make paddling for a wave a difficult task. Conditions for swimming change depending on the particular location and season. Generally speaking, the water is flat as a lake in the summers and has waves in the winters. All the surfing contests take place in the winter around December and January, that being the time of the largest and best waves for surfing. Swimming conditions change from spot to spot along the beach. There is usually a place to swim somewhere, except during stormy weather.Severe erosion of the sand at Sunset occasionally occurs during sets of extremely large surf episodes. During December in 2017 following several long lasting episodes with at least 30' to 40' waves for several days, severe sand erosion, which formed a more than 20' cliff along the edge of bicycle trail, closed the beach the week before Christmas. This catastrophic erosion caused the bike path to be rerouted closer to Kamehameha Highway when large concrete portions of the bike path fell off the cliff into the shore break area, forced the lifeguard tower to be relocated more inland, and required the city of Honolulu to demolish and remove the 11-by-11-foot (3.4 by 3.4 m) lifeguard storage shed. During extremely large surf in October 2013 and in December 2013 to January 2014, backyards, staircases, and swimming pools were swept out to sea.

6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes south of Hawaii's Big Island

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USS Oahu (Wikipedia)

Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Oahu after Oahu, the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands.USS Oahu (PR-6), was launched 26 November 1927 and sunk by enemy torpedoes on 5 May 1942.USS Oahu (ARG-5), was launched 9 September 1943 and decommissioned in January 1947.