TEAHUPOO

[AJ_surfer]

Hi.
Teahupoo is a CRAZY wave !!! There's nothing else I've seen thatz like it except cyclops is a bit similar. I would respect any person that has surfed there on a big day! I've gotta admit that I wouldn't.

[??]

Nah, J-Bay isn't too tough to paddle out. Wait for a set, then paddle hard just as the last wave breaks in front of you and head left for the channel. Going out further up the point is better - trying to duck-dive in a couple of feet of water at Impossibles will hurt.

The rocks in J-Bay are actually a piece of cake compared to somewhere with a coral reef bottom! Those coral heads will shred your feet and knees (& head if you are unlucky) and your cuts can easily get infected. Nasty!

I can't ever recall a shark attack at J-Bay? Neither can my Dad and he's surfed there since the late 50's. In fact the only "fish" I've seen there are surfboards. Plenty of dolphins at dusk and some seals too.

Still, doesn't hurt to continue the shark propoganda a bit - might keep a few people out the water. Mmmm, actually no, that won't work. Anyone who sees J-Bay firing at 4ft + with a gentle SW offshore won't be able to stay out of the water, even with a dozen hungry Great Whites cruising the lineup!

No sharks at J-Bay not enough grub they tend to hang further south where theres penty of seals and kooks for them to munch on!!

[namino tsume]

Mako (12ft not sure which species exactly but it is aggressive)

Mako's freak me out... They're by far the best killing machine in the waters today. The can swim at like 50 mph and have an appitite just slgihtly less then a tiger shark (so I've heard), but man are we lucky they dont like humans.
I actually didnt know they were in the northern waters, I always thought they were more of a tropical shark. Hm... you learn something new everyday.

[Ripper83]

Tahiti is defintely sick but the worst I got slammed was on my chop nose, ducktape, beater board at the wedge in Cali on 10 ft day. It' like you know your gonna get worked but you paddle your ass off and drop in a huge doublin up close out. That's some real fun!!

[surfdude73]

Our waters are warm enough to cater for white sharks and it is only time before we have an attack over here, many fishermen down cornwall have reported sightings of killer sharks, including Great White, Mako's(Mainly short fin) and the Fearsome Bull Shark, Our water gets down to about 3 degree's, maybe a bit colder more up north, but it has became less polluted over the years and Marine experts say with the growing climate change, more marine life are coming to our shore's. There was a speight of attacks of the East coast earlier this year with Mako's being blamed for the amount of Porpoises, Dolphins and other sea life being washed onto the shore's, all the sighting's down cornwall, while I was out at Croyde(Devon)I saw a shark 10 feet away from me, i think it was a Porbeagle shark which are harmless but still unnerving.
Who knows, but there is enough evidence to make your own mind up if you search for it.

[schanti]

there are rarely sharks in jbay. I have been going there for at least 20 years now and have not heard of one attack there. Cape town and durban is different story. Durban got the nets so that is cool. But no nets in Western Cape. So where i learned to surf was in muizenburg. Breeding ground for surfers. Nice long beach break. Guys sit on the mountain and look out for sharks. When they spot one then they sound of a siren. and all the surfers paddle like mad. This happens at least three times a week. But still we go in to surf 20 min afterwards. We have to share the beach with these great animals. Chumming is the real monster!!

ps. if ppl think it is hard to climb over a few rocks to get to the best waves in the world then they are just weird. i do it all the time and i am a girl!! Hell i just came back from two weeks surfing holiday in jbay and there was a girl no older than 14 years that climbed the rocks.

but i wont comment on Teahupoo.. that is just CRAZY!!