A Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco helicopter crew medevacs a man who was bitten by a shark near the Farallon Islands off the Coast of San Francisco, Oct. 23, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard medevaced a man who was bitten by a shark while diving near the Farallon Islands off the coast of San Francisco, Tuesday morning.
The crew of the research vessel NorCal 1 notified Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders that one of the divers aboard was bitten by a shark around 10 a.m. and required medical attention.
The shark reportedly bit the man’s arm, wrist and hand.
The NorCal 1 made way toward San Francisco and met the crew of San Francisco Police Department Marine 7, who took the man aboard and began administering first aid. A Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew arrived on scene and hoisted the man into the helicopter via a rescue basket.
The Dolphin crew transported the man to Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto in stable condition.
