Phoebe Beltran, 15, has always been a "water baby," according to her mom, Bibi Beltran. She has always had a love for swimming, she told ABC News, which was why she decided to participate in a junior lifeguard cadet program in Long Beach, California, on March 30.

A 15-year-old girl named Phoebe Beltran was attacked by a sea lion during a lifeguard tryout in Long Beach, Calif., authorities said.

Phoebe Beltran sustained several cuts on her right arm and had to be hospitalized after she was attacked by a sea lion in Long Beach.

A 15-year-old girl was attacked during her swim test in Long Beach by a sea lion sickened by a recent toxic algae bloom, according to the girl's family.

A 15-year-old Long Beach girl is recovering from a sea lion attack that happened while she was swimming over the weekend at Alamitos Beach.

Phoebe Beltran, a hopeful cadet for the Long Beach Fire Department Junior Lifeguard Program, was taking a swimming test as part of her training on Monday when “out of nowhere, I feel something biting my arm,” Beltran told KTLA.

A 15-year-old girl was swimming in the water off Long Beach, California during tryouts for a junior lifeguard program when she was attacked by a sea lion, officials said.