← The log
Bitten on the hand and cut on the hand and wrist while surfing
MinorAwaiting source verification
- Date
- September 15, 2020
- Location
- Ponce Inlet
- Activity
- surfing
- Age band
- teens
A 15-year-old boy from St. Augustine was paddling out near the Ponce Inlet jetty in deep water at about 10:45 a.m. when a shark bit his hand and immediately released. He was treated at the scene for cuts to his hand and wrist and refused hospital transport.
Reported by
- Shark bites 15-year-old surfer at Ponce Inlet— News 6 ClickOrlando
This record is kept by NSB Watch, a watchmaker on this beach. One of its dive watches is named the Shark Bite.