The state Health Department are warning swimmers and surfers to stay out of the water at the popular West Maui surf spot, where a fatal shark attack happened in 2004, because of brown water conditions.

Ocean Safety officials notified the Health Department about the turbid water dconditions at S Turn, a surfing break at Pohaku Beach Park near Napilii on West Maui, prompting the alert.

The Health Department says the brown water is from re-suspended pollutants from shoreline and inland sources.

In 2004, there was a fatal shark attack at S Turn under turbid water conditions, the Health Department’s Clean Water Branch reported.

If the water is brown stay out, the Health Department said.