9-year-old girl bit by sea lion while surfing off Central CA coast

PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. (KGO) -- A 9-year-old Central Coast girl is recovering after a sea lion attack in the waters off Monterey County.

KSBW reports that Corale Olsen was in the ocean during surf camp with her brother and sister when she saw the sea lion nearby. Then, the nightmare began.

"We were pretty deep in the ocean," Olsen said. "So then, the sea lion went under my instructor's leg and then it came up to me and bit me, and then I got dragged underwater."

Olsen then described the scary moments after being bitten.

"It was pain and I was screaming and then my instructor said, 'What happened?' Then I said, I got bit and it hurts so bad," she said.

The quick-thinking surfing instructor grabbed all three kids and swam back to shore.

Olsen suffered puncture wounds and bruising to her leg.

Despite the encounter, she says she has no plans to stop going out into the water.