Officials said they were evaluating conditions and safety measures for the rest of the weekend.
Authorities are using boats to patrol the ocean and warning swimmers about sharks this weekend along Florida's Gulf Coast, where three people were hurt in two separate shark attacks on Friday.
In Walton County, the sheriff's office, fire department and the state's wildlife agency were working together to patrol the water with boats and the shore with vehicles, the South Walton Fire District said in an update Saturday. Both of Friday's attacks happened in Walton County. Small fish are traveling in schools near the shore this time of year, which might have been a contributing factor in the attacks, the Bay County Sheriff's Office said.
Less than two hours later, firefighters responded to another beach about 4 miles east of the first attack"following multiple reports of a teenager injured by a shark," the sheriff's office said.
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