 A man has described the terrifying moment he was attacked by a shark while cooling off in the sea in Spain. He entered the ocean for a dip as temperatures soared to 31C on Thursday in the Oliva municipality, around 50 miles south of Valencia on the east coast. But while relaxing within metres of the shoreline in the shallow water, which was no more than knee deep, he saw a 'shadow' nearby. Within seconds, a blue shark lashed out and went for him, sinking its teeth into his foot. 'I noticed a blow to my left leg and then a bite to my right foot,' he told local news outlet Las Provincias. His wounded limb quickly filled the sea water around him red with blood. Despite the gruesome injury, the man was still unaware which animal had targeted him and he tried to seek help without causing panic among fellow beachgoers. The man was attacked while relaxing in shallow water at Rabdells Beach in the Oliva municipality, south of Valencia (Picture: Google) He said: 'I didn't have time to get scared. Noticing that blood was coming out of me, I went into the sea so as not to alarm everyone.' The man, who is said to be a local from Oliva, eventually made his way out of the water and flagged down medics for treatment. After studying the shape of the bite on his foot, specialists determined that it had come from a blue shark. As a result, council bosses immediately ordered all beaches along a three-mile stretch of coastline to be closed while an investigation was carried out. Radbells Beach, where the attack happened at around 1pm, was shut off to the public, as were the Aigua Blanca and Aigua Mota beaches while the shark remained in nearby waters. The area lies on the Spanish mainland with popular destination Ibiza 60 miles to the east, and the other Balearic Islands of Mallorca and Menorca a little further along in the Mediterranean Sea. Police closed all beaches along a three-mile stretch o){kind=link}
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A man has described the terrifying moment he was attacked by a shark while cooling off in the sea in Spain.
He entered the ocean for a dip as temperatures soared to 31C on Thursday in the Oliva municipality, around 50 miles south of Valencia on the east coast.
But while relaxing within metres of the shoreline in the shallow water, which was no more than knee deep, he saw a ‘shadow’ nearby.
Within seconds, a blue shark lashed out and went for him, sinking its teeth into his foot.