The Huntington Beach police helicopter views a small shark swimming approximately 100-feet offshore. Two Newport Beach lifeguard rescue boats follow the shark to the Newport Pier where it turns out to sea. Lifeguards posted an advisory on July 21 and it was lifted on July 22, 2016.
Newport Beach lifeguard's acoustic receiver logs a tagged animal. CSULB confirmed that the tagged animal was an estimated 15-feet female white shark that was originally tagged last year off the Tomales Bay in Northern California. The transponder on this shark sends its signal up to one kilometer.