Randy Honebrank, a shark expert from the state Department of Land and Natural Resources, examined a massive gash in the board used by Bethany Hamilton and concluded by the “bite pattern” that the attack involved a 14-foot tiger shark, according
Randy Honebrank, a shark expert from the state Department of Land and Natural Resources, examined a massive gash in the board used by Bethany Hamilton and concluded by the “bite pattern” that the attack involved a 14-foot tiger shark, according to Kauai Fire Department Acting Battalion Chief Michael Andrade.
Andrade said Honebrank flew to Kaua‘i Saturday morning and “scoped out” the area where the shark attack occurred and examined the board at the Hanalei Fire station where it had been stored.
Aboard an Air-1 helicopter, Honebrank, Andrade and another passenger conducted a 45-minute survey of waters off Makua Beach, where Friday’s attack occurred, and other North Shore beaches in the afternoon.
After they found no signs of any sharks in offshore waters, county fire department officials reopened a three-mile stretch of shoreline from Ke‘e Beach to Wainiha Beach.
The shoreline was closed after the Friday morning attack for safety reasons.
