Shark sighted at Manhattan Beach; lifeguards downplay incident
Swimmers were cleared from the water off Manhattan Beach on Tuesday evening after a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department helicopter spotted a shark, officials said.
The copter circled over an area near the north end of the beach close to El Porto Beach, officials said. Personnel in the aircraft used a public address system to warn people.
County lifeguards, however, downplayed the sighting. A lifeguard boat responded to the area and reported seeing a juvenile shark about 4 feet long.
“It was pretty much a nothing deal,” a lifeguard official told The Times.
The official said lifeguards were unable to determine what type of shark was in the water, noting that young sharks are often sighted in that area.
The Manhattan Beach Police Department said it received a call of a sighting of three sharks. The animals were believed to be docile, a watch commander said.
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