Huntington Beach waters declared safe after boy bumped by shark

HUNTINGTON BEACH – Officials labeled the waters of Huntington Beach safe on Saturday, Aug. 25 after a 14-year-old boy was bumped, but not hurt, by a shark the previous day about 25 feet offshore.
The incident occurred at about 8 p.m. Friday in about four feet of water, said Lt. Claude Panis of the Huntington Beach Fire Department’s Marine Safety Division.
The beach was closed by 10 p.m. Friday, Panis said.
The area where the incident occurred was re-inspected about 10 a.m. by a searc