A man was injured by a shark about 9:30 Saturday morning near Kikaua Point fronting Kukio Resort on the Big Island.
A man was injured by a shark about 9:30 Saturday morning near Kikaua Point fronting Kukio Resort on the Big Island.
The 25-year-old was taken by a Hawaii County Fire Department helicopter to North Hawaii hospital with multiple injuires to his hand and leg, according to a press release from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.
Standard procedure is for beach closure signs to warn ocean goers for one mile on either side of the incident until noon the next day. A decision will be made to reopen beaches based on observations Sunday morning, the release said.
