A surfer on the Big Island of Hawaii on Wednesday experienced a dangerously close encounter with what's believed to have been a tiger shark, which bit down on the tail end of her surfboard at a spot called Lyman's.
The surfer was not inured in the incident, which occurred at about 1:30 p.m. Lyman's and nearby beaches were subsequently closed by the state's Department of Land and Natural Resources, according to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
A similar incident occurred four days earlier, when a shark bit a paddleboard, knocking its rider into the water.
After Wednesday's incident swimmers were asked to get out of the water at Lyman's, Laaloa Beach Park and Kahaluu Beach Park. A helicopter patrol failed to spot a shark.
KHON News posted a photo, sent by a viewer, showing what appear to be teeth marks in a semi-circle around the board's fin (pictured, at right). It's unclear whether both incidents involved the same shark.
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