Terrifying new details emerge about 15ft shark that brutally attacked swimmer, 62, only yards from popular US beach

While rumors circulated after the attack of a 20-foot shark, wildlife officials confirmed that there are seldom reports of sharks "much bigger than 15 to 18 feet long."

Steve, who CBS reported to be a retired Monterey College Professor said he was spared in the attack due to one simple biological fact.

"I'm not a seal," he said. "We're (humans) not their food."

CBS reported that he required 28 units of blood for his injuries, and his stay lasted until July 13.

Steve is the second reported shark attack victim to be bitten in California waters so far in 2022.

A rise in shark attacks has also been recorded in the northeast US.

John Mullins, 17, who was participating in lifeguard training, was attacked by a shark on July 7 at around 11am at Ocean Beach.

Before that, lifeguard Zach Gallo, 33, was bitten while he was doing training exercises at Smith Point Beach.

Zach had been playing a mock victim in a lifeguard training exercise on Sunday, July 3, when a shark attacked him, according to the

Shocking photos have also recently surfaced of the brutal injuries a 40-year-old woman sustained after she was attacked by a shark in waist-deep water.

Tasa Summers was on vacation at Daytona Beach, Florida, when she was bitten by a shark at about 1.12pm on Saturday, according to officials.

There have been 22 US shark attacks thus far this year, in what biology experts are calling, "a new normal."