Historical reference record — not independently verified
Shark incident at Horseshoe Rock Santa Barbara County California USA, United States — September 23, 2015
Original historical summary
The original reference is retained below. Supplementary source details appear in the fact panel; protected facts and unresolved differences remain unchanged.
A historical reference describes an event at Horseshoe Rock Santa Barbara County California USA, United States in 2015-09-23. Recorded activity: Kayak fishing. Classification: Watercraft. Outcome: No injury.
Original reference details
- Location recorded in the historical reference: Horseshoe Rock Santa Barbara County California USA, United States.
- Date: 2015-09-23.
- Activity: Kayak fishing.
- Classification: Watercraft.
- Outcome: No injury.
Source limitations and unresolved differences
- This restoration uses a supplied historical summary citing the general GSAF incident log, not a case-level primary document. It has not been independently verified.
- The supplied source lists 2015-09-24; the existing reviewed date is retained pending case-level reconciliation.
Fact panel
- Date
- September 23, 2015
- Date precision
- Exact
- Location
- Horseshoe Rock Santa Barbara County California USA, United States
- Country
- United States
- Activity
- Kayak fishing
- Incident classification
- Watercraft
- Area / state
- California
- Person / vessel
- Darren Kenney
- Sex
- M
- Time
- 10h45-11h15
- Outcome
- No injury
- Species
- White shark
- Species confidence
- Reported
- Coordinate precision
- Region
Incident location
Horseshoe Rock, Santa Barbara County, California, United States
Approximate area: California
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Location precision: Approximate area
Representative map position for California from Natural Earth. This marks the general area, not the exact incident site. This is historical location context, not live shark tracking or a measure of risk.
Sources and verification
- Historical incident log (general reference) — Global Shark Attack FileSupports: General reference cited by the supplied historical summary; not independently checked against a case-level record.
- GSAF-derived structured public mirror (sascha-pst/bullish_on_sharks/global_shark_attacks.csv) — github.comSupports: Supplementary historical fields; existing reviewed facts retained
Shark incident records can change as investigations develop. This page shows the current verification status and was last restored from supplied historical reference material on 2026-09-04.
Historical facts retain the provenance and uncertainty of the cited references. Source timestamps record when the supplied material was imported, not an independent source retrieval or verification.
Supplementary content updated: 2026-09-24. This does not change the original verification status or review date.