Legendary waterman" Tamayo Perry killed in shark attack while surfing off Oahu in Hawaii

Honolulu Sea Wellbeing Acting Boss Kurt Ale, likewise talking at the news meeting, said Perry was "a lifeguard cherished by all."

"He's notable on the North Shore. He's an expert surfer known around the world," said Ale. "Tamayo's character was irresistible, and however much individuals cherished him, he adored every other person more."

Honolulu City chairman Rick Blangiardi repeated those feelings, portraying Perry as a "unbelievable waterman" who was exceptionally regarded. He referred to the passing as "a lamentable misfortune."

Perry at first became famous in Hawaii and past in the mid 2000s, when individual competitors started to observe his unmistakable abilities, especially when it came to free riding the North Shore pipeline, Surfer Magazine announced after his demise. He proceeded to fashion a lifelong in Hollywood, showing up in the film "Blue Smash" in 2002 and the fourth portion of the "Privateers of the Caribbean" establishment in 2011. Perry likewise showed up in a 2011 episode of the television series "Hawaii Five-O."

John Sullivan, an entertainer who worked with Perry on an episode of "Hawaii Five-O," considered Perry the "most pleasant person on Oahu."

"He communicated inspiration any place he went," Sullivan told CBS News on Monday.

Dangerous shark assaults multiplied in 2023 contrasted and the earlier year, as per the Global Shark Assault Record, a data set that monitors shark assaults revealed all over the planet. One of the two lethal occurrences announced in the U.S. last year occurred in Hawaii, in spite of the fact that shark assaults in general happened most often in Florida.

Authorities cautioned individuals in both Florida and Hawaii to stay alert recently after a progression of shark assaults occurred in the two states around the same time, CBS News public reporter Manuel Bojorquez revealed. In Florida, two youngsters and a lady were gone after by sharks in discrete occurrences that occurred a few miles from one another along a stretch of the Florida Beg. In the mean time, in Hawaii, a lady was genuinely harmed in a shark assault off the shore of Oahu.