Suspected shark attack at Lovers Point occurred in time and place where large sharks come to feed

It’s peak bulking-up season for white sharks in Monterey Bay, and over the past week, two animals previously tagged by scientists passed through the waters near Lovers Point — the same area where swimmer Erica Fox vanished Sunday, after witnesses reported seeing a shark nearby, experts said.

Fox, the 55-year-old co-founder of recreational swim group Kelp Krawlers, was far ahead of more than a dozen swimmers returning to Lovers Point beach in Pacific Grove early Sunday afternoon, but never came ashore.