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How surfer escaped vicious seal attack
Cape Times
|November 05, 2025
BLOUBERG resident Hjalmar Larsen believes his wetsuit saved him from severe bites when he was attacked by a rabid seal during a recent surfing trip.
He had been surfing in the afternoon about 50 metres out from the lifeguard tower.
“I literally just got to the backline table out, there was a seal playing about 15 to 20 metres away from me right in front of the lifeguard tower. He looked totally normal, then at one point he popped up, and then dived down. I couldn't see him because the water was a bit murky. Then next thing he just latched onto my right thigh and kept on biting me and just going crazy.
This story is from the November 05, 2025 edition of Cape Times.
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