INJURED - Jensen Beach, Florida, US - 21 November 2005 - surfer attacked

A surfer in his 30s was bitten on the left foot by a small shark while surfing at a break about 150 metres north of Jensen Beach, Florida, US, on Monday afternoon, 21 November.

Details are sketchy, but it appears the bite was minor.

“It was a good bite, but pretty minor for a shark bite,” a lifeguard told the Palm Beach Post.

The surfer was taken to Martin Memorial Hospital.

The surfer’s name or type of shark was not mentioned in the report.

Witnesses on the beach said they had seen a four-foot shark swimming in the area for several hours.

One rather humorous line in the Post quoted a witness, Steve Ensor, as saying: “I've been sitting here for 25 years and I've never seen a shark body surf like that before.”

This was in reference to the man seeing the shark so close inshore that it was riding the waves with most of its body exposed.

Sources: Palm Beach Post