Shark sighting pauses World Surf League finals at Lower Trestles

A shark showed up successful the mediate of the 2nd vigor during Tuesday’s World Surf League finals successful Lower Trestles and again conscionable earlier the women’s last heat.

The 2 surfers successful the water, Brazilians Felipe Toledo and Gabriel Medina, were abruptly scooped up retired of the waves by watercrafts aft the archetypal sighting of what was believed to beryllium a 6-to 8-foot large white.

The h2o was cleared and the contention enactment connected hold, with 18 minutes near successful the vigor erstwhile the shark was spotted. A yellowish lifeguard vessel scoured the country arsenic the surfers and h2o photographers were picked up by different watercraft.

“We’ll beryllium taking a 15-minute break. Our information patrol and lifeguard vessel volition marque definite the shark is retired of the enactment up,” a formation announcer told the crowd. “Safety is paramount for everybody, the nationalist arsenic good arsenic the nonrecreational surfers successful the enactment up.”

The sighting of the large achromatic shows however unsocial the athletics is, with competitors facing quality during the event.

The announcer past said the shark had moved retired of the country and the contention resumed, with Medina winning the vigor and nabbing his 3rd satellite championship  title.

Another shark sighting happened conscionable earlier the women’s last heat, again pausing the contention earlier Brazilian Tatiana Weston Webb and Hawaiian Carissa Moore could instrumentality to the water.