Ocean Beach - On August 7, 2005 Luis Mauricio and a companion were surfing at Ocean Beach, San Francisco. It was foggy with a light wind. At 9:00 AM they were about 50 yards from the beach.

Mauricio recalled: "We were surfing at Ocean Beach near the drain (Lincoln St.) in water 4 to 8 feet deep. A harbor seal surfaced twice within 10 yards of our position. Approximately 20 minutes later, I noticed that there was a large flock of pelicans, maybe some seagulls too, feeding near a sandbar approximately 25 yards north of our position. After catching a brief glimpse of what I thought was a fin, I watched the area where the birds were feeding for 2 to 3 minutes before seeing the shark slowly break the surface and heading straight in my direction. We all immediately paddled and caught waves in. From the beach we observed the shark's silhouette swimming through the waves where we had just been surfing. The shark was dark grey, 10 to 15 feet in length with a dorsal fin 1.5 to 2 feet high. It appeared to be at least 2 feet wide. We never determined what the birds had been feeding upon."

This was the second large shark sighting at Ocean Beach in as many days.