Shocking video showed a swimmer at a Hawaii beach being chased down and attacked in the water by a nursing mother Monk seal after the woman from California apparently came too close to her seal pup.

“The best thing you can do when it comes to mother seal interactions is to avoid them.” Wildlife officials estimated the nursing mother and baby will be in the area for another month.

HMAR has warned that swimmers should leave the water when the mother monk seal and her pup are in the area, and keep at least 150 feet away from them, as nursing mothers can be very protective ...

The seal then comes into contact with the swimmer ... and beachgoers are warned of the dangers of getting too close to the nursing mother. "We ask people to please follow the guidance and ...

WAIKIKI (HawaiiNewsNow) - A violent encounter with a nursing Hawaiian monk seal left ... Once her head pops out of the water, the mother monk seal charges at her. “So I guess that’s mother ...

A woman is recovering after a violent encounter with a nursing monk seal in Hawaii ... Once her head pops out of the water, the mother monk seal, named Rocky by locals, charges at her.

A swimmer was injured Sunday morning swimming too close to a nursing Hawaiian ... feet for a pup with its mother. “People are again reminded that Hawaiian monk seal moms with pups are protective ...

WAIKIKI (HawaiiNewsNow/Gray News) – A protective monk seal attacked a swimmer in Waikiki on Sunday morning. The encounter was caught on camera around 8 a.m. at Kaimana Beach. Before the incident ...

Since then, both NOAA and Hawaii Marine Animal Response have been monitoring the mother and baby. Nursing seal attacks, injures swimmer in Hawaii A Hawaiian monk seal known as Rocky gave birth at ...

Video shows the woman swimming about 20 to 25 feet offshore. Once her head pops out of the water, the mother monk seal charges at her. “So, I guess that’s mother’s instinct to protect her ...