MONTEREY COUNTY, California (KSBW) — Nine-year-old Corale Olsen was out in the water at Asilomar State Beach during surf camp with her brother and sister when they noticed a sea lion.

Moments later, the animal lunged at her.

“It was right next to me, and I was like ‘Oh my gosh, something really bad is going to happen.’ Then it just bit me,” said Corale. “It was pain, and then I was screaming.”

Corale’s surf instructor said he had no reason to think the sea lion would attack.

“I have surfed in these waters since I was about 6-years-old, but never ever seen something like that,” said surf instructor Alex De Marignac. “I feel like most kids kind of like go after sea lions lightly, and nothing happens.”

It was De Marignac’s quick thinking that got the kids safely to shore.

“I had two kid

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