California kayaker takes shark attack in stride and then paddles to shore

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Kayaker was a mile offshore near Malibu, California
He was paddling with a pal when he lifted his foot and said, 'Dude, I just got bit'
Authorities say the culprit was a 10-foot hammerhead shark
The man's wound was deep but he didn't lose a limb

Published: 23:45 EST, 5 September 2015 | Updated: 02:45 EST, 6 September 2015

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A kayaker was bitten by a shark just south of Point Mugu in Ventura County, California on Saturday afternoon, authorities said.

The kayaker was treated on the scene near Deer Creek Beach, between Point Mugu and Carrillo State Park in Malibu.

He was airlifted to Los Robles Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, according to CBS Los Angeles.

He was about a mile and a half off of the shoreline when the shark bit him.

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Popular Malibu beach (above) remained open despite the nearby shark attack at Point Mugu

A friend who was with him at the time told CBS Los Angeles, 'We saw this fin and then it dove and then all of a sudden he got bit and he put his foot up on the kayak and was like 'Dude, I just got bit.''

The shark that attacked the kayaker was a 10-foot, 250 pound hammerhead shark, according to authorities.

Hammerhead sharks are not uncommon in the area.

Beaches in the Malibu area remained open after the attack.

The condition of the kayaker was not immediately known, but the unnamed man was able to paddle back to shore by himself, and was awake and alert when brought to the hospital.

Strangely enough, the victim's yellow kayak is decorated with the face of a shark (above)

Ventura County's Deer Creek beach (above) was the scene of a shark attack on Saturday

'Dude, I just got bit,' the kayaker's friend (above) said the unfortunate man uttered upon feeling the jaws of the creature clench around his leg

Medics said they were able to contain the bleeding at the scene and the victim did not lose a limb.

'It was a bite and release,' Lidia Barillas, public information officer with the Los Angeles County Fire Department's Lifeguards Division, told the Los Angeles Times. 'Nothing severe but a very deep wound.'

A Good Samaritan in a fishing boat helped the kayaker after the attack by taking him on board and helping him control the bleeding.

The shark that bit the kayaker was said to be a 10-foot long hammerhead, like the one pictured

Ironically, or perhaps appropriately, the kayaker's bright yellow kayak is illustrated with the jaws of a shark.

Last Saturday, Morro Strand State Beach was closed for several days after a shark took a chunk out of a woman's surfboard. The woman was unhurt.

In August, drone footage captured a shark lurking in the waters underneath the surfers of Pismo State Beach in San Luis Obispo County, 145 miles north of Point Mugu.

A shark expert told the Surf Channel that some of the most shark-infested waters in the state are at San Onofre State Beach, San Clemente, Sunset and Zuma Beach in Los Angeles and Surf Beach in Vandenberg, where two men have been killed, one in 2010 and another in 2012.

Last July, Huntington Beach in California was closed for a day after a shark 'bumped' a surfer and showed 'aggressive' behavior.