Los Angeles ( CNN ) -- The great white shark was at least 15 feet long , officials say . A man who saw the attack on a video feed from his home in Florida told CNN affiliate WPLG that he thought it looked like "a big shark" and said he had to run for 39-year-old Francisco Javier Solorio died in the attack . Four friends were riding waves off Surf Beach at Vandenberg Air Force Base .
The great white shark was at least 15 feet long , officials say . A man who saw the attack on a video feed from his home in Florida told CNN affiliate WPLG that he thought it looked like "a big shark" and said he had to run for 39-year-old Francisco Javier Solorio died in the attack . Four friends were riding waves off Surf Beach at Vandenberg Air Force Base .