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Updated at 8:32 p.m., Sunday, November 12, 2006

Maui beach reopens after shark attack

Advertiser Staff

Officials reopened a stretch of Maui shoreline at noon today that had been closed after a 29-year-old Vancouver, British Columbia, man was attacked yesterday by a shark in the waters off Kama'ole Beach Park II in Kihei.

Kyle Gruen was in water about 30 to 40 feet deep when he was attacked. He was left with a deep gouge just above his knee and two bite wounds on his upper thigh.

Following protocol, state Department of Land and Natural Resources, Maui lifeguards and firefighters patrolled the waters this morning for about an hour between Keawakapu to Cove Park near Kalama Beach Park looking for sharks. None were sighted, so the beaches were reopened, a DLNR official said.