Updated at 5:25 p.m., Thursday, August 16, 2007
Shark sighting closes Maui beach for 2 hours
Advertiser Staff
KIHEI, Maui — County ocean safety staff closed Keawakapu Beach on the south side of Maui at 1:45 p.m. today after a 10-foot shark was spotted feeding on a deer carcass.The beach was reopened at 3:30 p.m. after the carcass was removed from the water, said county spokeswoman Mahina Martin.
The type of shark could not be identified.
Keawakapu was the site of a May 7 shark attack in which a 63-year-old California woman was bitten on the right leg while snorkeling about 25 yards from shore.
