Luckily for one California surfer, a shark swimming in San Mateo County waters over the weekend managed to get only a sample of his surfboard. Jens Heller was about 100 yards offshore at Montara State ...

A surfer is speaking out after surviving a terrifying close call with a shark in California. Jens Heller was in the water at Montara State Beach when he suddenly felt something beneath the surface, ...

A surfer was attacked by a shark about 100 yards off of Montara State Beach in San Mateo County. The man was unhurt, though his surfboard was left with deep bite marks.

There was not much activity in the water at Montara Beach after the shark attack on Saturday, once state parks officials told the public to stay out of the water for 48 hours.

The Montara State Beach was closed for the rest of the weekend following the attack. Patrick Ranz – stock.adobe.com. He even made eye contact with the behemoth, Heller told SFGATE.

Surfer survives shark attack unscathed at Montara State Beach 03:13. A surfer was not injured after a shark bit into his surfboard during an attack off a beach in San Mateo County over the weekend.

Montara State Beach is one of the cleanup sites for California Coastal Cleanup Day. Photo by Devin Roberts. Nearly 40 years ago, the California Coastal Commission organized its inaugural statewide ...

Bay Area surfer Jens Heller, 42, was paddling in the Saturday afternoon waters off California’s Montara State Beach on May 31, when he found himself tossed from his board, thrown into the drink ...

The Brief. A surfer was attacked by a shark about 100 yards off of Montara State Beach in San Mateo County. The man was unhurt, though his surfboard was left with deep bite marks.

California State Parks officials reopened Montara State Beach Monday after a surfer’s board was bitten by a shark on May 31 around 2 p.m. The shark attack happened roughly 100 yards offshore ...