A DOCARE officer warns people in the water of a shark sighting after a shark bit a woman’s surfboard at Tavares Bay on Monday. Photos courtesy DLNR
The Maui News
Shark warning signs are up from Hookipa to Baldwin Beach Park after a 45-year-old Haiku woman sustained minor scrapes in an apparent encounter with a shark at around 1 p.m. Monday at Tavares Bay, according to the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.
The woman reported to authorities that while she was surfing, a shark she described as a 10- to 12-foot-long Galapagos shark bit her board and launched her into the air, DLNR said in a news release Monday afternoon. She landed on the shark which then bit through her board leash. She was able to get back onto her board and swim to shore without further incident.
The shark encounter happened in about three to four feet of water, with limited clarity due to high surf.
The Maui Fire Department Ocean Safety Division, Maui Police Department and officers from the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement placed the signs along the shoreline.
A shark warning sign is seen along Maui’s North Shore on Monday.
Beaches one mile on either side of Tavares Bay are under the warning until noon today. At that time, if there are no signs of a shark in the area, the signs will be removed, and people can go back into the water, DLNR said.
Lifeguards and DOCARE officers will survey the area in the morning.
A shark warning sign is seen along Maui’s North Shore on Monday. 
A DOCARE officer warns people in the water of a shark sighting after a shark bit a woman’s surfboard at Tavares Bay on Monday. Photos courtesy DLNRToday's breaking news and more in your inbox
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