Posted at 4:04 p.m., Monday, May 22, 2006
Cruising sharks close O'ahu beaches
Advertiser Staff
At 1:30 p.m. this afternoon, surfers and lifeguards spotted two 13-foot sharks and two sharks measuring between 6 and 8 feet cruising near Chun's Reef and Piddleys.
At the time of the sighting, about 10 surfers and swimmers were in the water and half of them swam to shore after lifeguards announced the sharks' arrival with bullhorns.
Shortly after the sighting at Chun's Reef, lifeguards spotted several other sharks near Lanikea, prompting lifeguards to deploy on jet skis to chase people out of the water.
Lifeguards put up signs warning swimmers to stay out of the water but did not close the beach or force swimmers to come in.
