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Officials say triathlete Erica Fox, 55, died in a Monterey Bay shark attack; vanished Dec. 21 near Lovers Point, found Dec. 27 south of Davenport.
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The Santa Cruz County Sheriff-Coroner identified Fox as the victim found floating near Davenport a week after she went missing on Dec. 27, 2025, about 25 miles north of Lovers Point in Pacific Grove. Although multiple witnesses reported seeing a shark near where Fox disappeared, the coroner did not officially confirm a shark bite until Thursday.
Surfers and swimmers were back in the water off Pacific Grove, Ca., less than a week after the presumed fatal shark attack on triathlete Erica Fox. This astonished some locals, including an outspoken dog trainer,
Witnesses reported seeing a shark breach just offshore at Lovers Point that morning, where Fox was leading a group of about a dozen swimmers. Many of them had purchased Sharkbanz-branded products after a 2022 attack injured fellow Kelp Krawlers member Steve Bruemmer, who survived but suffered serious injuries.