[UPDATE 4:09 p.m.] Ambulance Rushing to Trinidad Beach After Report of Woman Bit by Shark

A shark reportedly bit a 58-year-old woman at Trinidad Beach, according to a report over the scanner at approximately 2:15 p.m.

Emergency Dispatch sent an ambulance Code 3 to the scene. (Code 3 is the highest level of response.)

Please remember that information gathered from initial reports is subject to revision as more facts become available.

UPDATE 3:01 p.m.: According to a report from the scene, the woman was knee deep in water when she was bitten. She received a relatively small bite and was taken to the hospital Code 2.

Ambulance at Trinidad Beach

The Arcata ambulance took the woman to the hospital Code 2. [Photo by Mark McKenna]

Beach goers at Trinidad Beach

Beachgoers after the woman was taken away. [Photo by Mark McKenna]

UPDATE 4:09 p.m.:  Cal Fire Battalion Chief Paul Savona confirmed that the woman was standing in a foot of water when she was bitten by a small shark. “She received non-life-threatening injuries,” he said.

UPDATE 4:52 p.m.: Commenter Danny below posted this photo of the very small shark.

Small shark with ranger.

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Lefty 4 life
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Lefty 4 life
5 years ago

Yikes

Bushytails
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Bushytails
5 years ago

Knee deep water? We’re gonna need a smaller boat!

The misadventures of bunjee
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The misadventures of bunjee
5 years ago
Reply to  Bushytails

Best comment. Shut down the thread.

ART SISNEROZ
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ART SISNEROZ
5 years ago

What happened to my comment?

Kathy C.
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Kathy C.
5 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Thank you!

Helllbilly
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Helllbilly
5 years ago

Agreed

Shana
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Shana
5 years ago
Reply to  Bushytails

Aaaaaand, we have a winner.
Everyone else, thanks for playing.

Art Sisneroz
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5 years ago

My son in law helped carry her out of the water. He warned them. Should have listened to my son in law!

Humboldt707
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Humboldt707
5 years ago

People act like we don’t have sharks here, folks warm weather, warm water.. brings sharks! Be thankful it wasn’t fatal! Glad the woman is ok.

Danny
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Danny
5 years ago

The baby Salmon Shark was washing up on shore as it was dying. The woman went up to it to take a picture and it rolled over got her foot. She only needed a couple stickers from what we heard….I think its safe to go back in the water….

Mike
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Mike
5 years ago
Reply to  Danny

How do I look her up on instagram? I want to see the selfie of her screaming.

CoveTroll
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CoveTroll
5 years ago
Reply to  Danny

🤣😂🤣😂

flight9
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flight9
5 years ago
Reply to  Danny

thanks for sharing. i thought the authorities killed the shark.

guest
Guest
guest
5 years ago

Ladies, don’t go in the water when you’re bleeding.

Deanna Beeler
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Deanna Beeler
5 years ago
Reply to  guest

58-year-old wasn’t bleeding, unless she’d been bitten by something else!

Dawn
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Dawn
5 years ago
Reply to  guest

Knock off the misogyny [edit]! How did this get posted?

Shel
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Shel
5 years ago
Reply to  Dawn

What is so misogynist about the comments? I don’t understand you.

THC
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THC
5 years ago

Though not the most tasteful comments, I suppose the fact that the sky is blue is now racist?

Dawn
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Dawn
5 years ago
Reply to  THC

She was in the water “up to her knees.” It was sexist and totally unnecessary.

fuckwalterwhite.com
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fuckwalterwhite.com
5 years ago
Reply to  THC

Only if you hate black or red skies,which are beautiful.

Jaekelopterus
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Jaekelopterus
5 years ago
Reply to  THC

Misogynistic, inaccurate and a pathetic attempt to get attention.

LabeledaNazi
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LabeledaNazi
5 years ago
Reply to  THC

Yep. And I’m still just “white”….

Sparklemahn
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Sparklemahn
5 years ago
Reply to  THC

Only if you say the sky is black.

MadRiver
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MadRiver
5 years ago

Poor baby shark 🦈

RT
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RT
5 years ago

Geez, let the baby shark die in peace!

HDD
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HDD
5 years ago

It stands to reason that had she left the wildlife alone she would have not been bitten. One stupid choice and she gets a little bite and the shark gets dead.

Guest
Guest
Guest
5 years ago
Reply to  HDD

The shark was reported to be dying already and thus washing into shore.

Mike
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Mike
5 years ago

Shark was already dying, and its 2018 you can call people stupid that suffer from mental disorders, like selfitis. She obviously could have that condition and we should be sending prayers and hoping she gets the treatment she needs.

Sparklemahn
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Sparklemahn
5 years ago
Reply to  Mike

Get some cannabis medicine.

Yellow
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Yellow
5 years ago

She should get to take it home and cook it and make a necklace out of its teeth .

Cmon folks
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Cmon folks
5 years ago

Wildlife is WILD people, keep your distance and be respectful or you get bit be it land or water and especially if the critter is already stressed.

Recipe
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Recipe
5 years ago

Shark fin soup anyone?

Kim
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Kim
5 years ago

That looks like a baby great white? Is that what it is? Wow

Z
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Z
5 years ago

Dawn, I’m a serious feminist and I think you’re overreacting.

Proud Deplorable Grandma
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Proud Deplorable Grandma
5 years ago
Reply to  Z

Yeah I’m not seeing the sexism in “up to her knees”. Sounds like a general term like “up to his knees”. I may be deplorable, but I am all about women’s right’s since I have 3 daughters and 3 granddaughters and oh yeah I’m a woman too.

Guest
Guest
Guest
5 years ago

The comment reads as objecting to the idea that a woman “up to her knees” in the ocean was certainly “in the water when she was bleeding.” Not the being “up to her knees” was sexist but blaming menes as a go to theory was.

Jaekelopterus
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Jaekelopterus
5 years ago
Reply to  Z

You’re triggered to jump to the defense of a comment that implies a sixty year old woman was on her period. [edit]

Sparklemahn
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Sparklemahn
5 years ago
Reply to  Jaekelopterus

Is that bad?

farce
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farce
5 years ago

If she was getting close to the fish to get a picture as it was dying well then…I’m glad she got bit. People suck. I’ve seen them on different beaches around here hassling the seals, hassling the otters, hassling everything because they think they are so special and deserve to hassle these wild critters that we still have here. After decimating and destroying them all over the globe we have learned nothing. I’m glad when wildlife strikes back. What we need is LESS people, more wildlife.

gunther
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gunther
5 years ago

Someone called 911 and requested an ambulance for this? Really?

Lone ranger
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Lone ranger
5 years ago
Reply to  gunther

For emergency brain surgery

Stormy
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Stormy
5 years ago

Get an ambulance for the shark. Self-absorbed beachcombers get a bandaid.

Gazoo
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Gazoo
5 years ago

I’d rather take my chances of staying on shore and getting bit by a rock… glad she’s ok

Dude
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Dude
5 years ago

Was talking about surfing when this popped up …the ocean around here is it own world enter with caution..glad she’s OK..see you in water 😎..

Jeff Fox
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Jeff Fox
5 years ago

Here’s your sign.

Elayna
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Elayna
5 years ago

Yay so let’s just kill the shark too that’s how you make things better right?

Seriously, why harm the shark? He was just existing, humans invaded his territory, not the other way around.

Sparklemahn
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Sparklemahn
5 years ago
Reply to  Elayna

One more time: shark was already dying and had washed up on shore when the woman went to take a picture, the shark rolled over and chomp.

Hick
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Hick
5 years ago

Shark week