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(CNN) - A Florida surfer rode the waves on Sunday at New Smyrna Beach when he received a good bite of reality.
Stephen Michelena, 32, was surfing in approximately 1.4 meters of water when he jumped off his board and landed on a shark, according to Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue, on the Atlantic coast of Florida.
According to the rescue team, the shark bit the surfer's foot once and left.
Michelena refused to be transported to the hospital and was treated on the beach for minor injuries to her left foot.
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"The shark was not seen well enough to estimate its size," said the official report of the shark incident in Volusia County.
Tamra Malphurs, a spokeswoman for Safety Ocean Rescue in Volusia County Beach, told CNN that Sunday's incident marks the twelfth shark bite on the beach so far this year.
Malphurs said that anyone in the water should always swim in front of a lifeguard.