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Officials Eye SoCal Waters For Deadly Shark



OLANA BEACH, Calif. --
A few paddleboarders ignored posted signs warning that a great white shark still could be lurking below the surface Saturday, just a day after a swimmer was killed in a rare attack near San Diego.

"It's like going to see 'Jaws' -- getting in the water the next day, all you could think about was the music," said Bob Rief, 63, who was teaching a friend how to stand up on a paddleboard. "But if you're afraid of the ocean, you shouldn't be in it."

The San Diego-area native was worried that the attack would scare away vacationers or weekend beachgoers and hurt businesses. Solana Beach is 14 miles northwest of San Diego.Despite the summer-like temperatures and cloudless skies that normally lure large crowds, beaches were mostly empty near where triathlete David Martin was killed Friday.

An autopsy determined that Martin, killed by a great white shark off Solana Beach, bled to death, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office. The official cause of death was listed as "exsanguination," or blood loss from a shark bite, an investigator with the office said. Officials said the shark likely lifted him out of the water with his legs in its jaws, leaving deep lacerations and shredding Martin's black wetsuit.

Authorities kept watch Saturday over a stretch of Southern California beaches, scanning the waters for a shark they believe killed Martin a day earlier.

While authorities advised against going in the ocean from north San Diego to Carlsbad, they said they expect to see people heading into the water to escape the region's summery temperatures.

"We're not going to make any arrests or anything" if people go into the water, "but we'll go talk to them," said David Ott, Solana Beach's public safety director.

Helicopters kept searching for signs of the shark that killed triathlete David Martin, Solana Beach Lifeguard Capt. Craig Miller said.
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