Overview
- Free-diver Robert Pamperin, 33, was attacked at La Jolla Cove while diving with friend Gerald Lehrer, who swam to shore to alert lifeguards.
- Lehrer described a roughly 20-foot shark with a grayish-white underside and two-inch teeth during an interview with Scripps biologist Conrad Limbaugh.
- An experienced team of about 10 divers searched the area for hours that night without finding remains.
- Two days later fishermen reported a very large shark near the Mission Bay channel entrance, but patrol boats failed to locate it.
- A swim fin with apparent bite marks and Pamperin’s initials later washed ashore as speculation over species persisted, including great white or tiger, with reports noting unusually warm coastal waters that summer.