A surfer on Kauai is recovering from his injuries after being attacked by a shark this weekend. A 12-to-15-foot tiger shark attacked Kevin Kanehe while he was paddling along Hanalei
Last weekend a Kauai surfer was attacked by a "12 to 15-foot" tiger shark while surfing Hanalei Bay. He fought off the shark without losing any limbs and is on the mend. Over 20 years ago Mike Coots lost his leg to a tiger shark while surfing Kauai when he was 18 years old, and Hawaii News .
On Sunday, 50-year-old Kauai resident Kevin Kanehe was attacked by a "12 to 15-foot" tiger shark while surfing The Bowl at Hanalei Bay. Kanehe managed to fight off the shark by sticking his finger in its nostril, Hawaii News Now reported yesterday. According to his wife, Deanna, .
Mike Coots was bitten by a tiger shark while bodyboarding off the coast of Hawaii in 1997. However, rather than fearing these predators, he became a shark conservationist.