Tag: barracuda

Octogenarian visitor bitten by barracuda off 7MB

Octogenarian visitor bitten by barracuda off 7MB

| 25/01/2022 | 15 Comments

(CNS): A female visitor who is understood to be in her 80s was bitten on her arm by a barracuda on Monday as she swam off Seven Mile Beach close to the Colonial Club Condos. The Department of Environment said on a Facebook post woman that was taken to hospital as a result of the […]

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Visitor badly bitten by barracuda at Sandbar

Visitor badly bitten by barracuda at Sandbar

| 17/07/2019 | 81 Comments

(CNS): A visitor to the Cayman Islands from the United States was badly bitten at the weekend by a barracuda at the Stingray City Sandbar. Some details of the incident were posted on social media by witnesses on the same boat, and Health City Cayman Islands confirmed to CNS on Wednesday that the victim was […]

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Swimmer gets between barracuda and dinner

Swimmer gets between barracuda and dinner

| 16/10/2017 | 23 Comments

(CNS): A man who was swimming off Seven Mile Beach by the Westin Hotel on Friday appears to have been bitten by a barracuda, according to officials from the Department of Environment (DoE), but they said it was very unusual and there was no cause for people swimming or enjoying other water activities in the area […]

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