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Have you seen sharks???

Postby baldie » Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:12 pm

Have you seen sharks while surfing??? Where??? When??? What did you do???
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Postby FormosanSurfer » Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:50 pm

I saw a fisherman catch one next to where I was surfing once. Can't imagine the thing could have done much harm though, he was only a few feet long.
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Postby dondiemand » Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:52 pm

i haven't seen any sharks while i'm surfing, and i hope it will stay that way :D
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Postby surfinforlife » Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:11 pm

No sharks, just dolphins which still scare the crap out of me! If i see a fin im not gonna look twice, im outta there!!
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Postby IslandA » Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:53 pm

There was a maco shark caught where I live which is weird because they arent supposed to be this far north i guess because the atlantic ocean was heated up so much this year. Weve had an unbelievable amount of hurricanes in 2005 i hope next season is just as good!
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Postby easty » Fri Feb 24, 2006 6:15 am

No never .........
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Postby babyboarder89 » Sat Feb 25, 2006 12:41 pm

i saw some dolphins once, it was awesome.
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Postby baldie » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:44 am

Nobody seems to experience sharks while surfing. I guess sharks have nothing to worry about.
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Postby Surfergirl15 » Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:38 am

I remember seeing 4 small ( 2 or 3 feet) "sandbar sharks" while I was snokling at New Smyrna once. I didnt think anything of it since they swam away fast when they saw me. Ironicly someone was bitten by a 3 foot long "lemon shark" in the exact same spot 3 days later :shock: . And I thought I was good at identifying sharks.... :roll:
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Postby Brian » Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:58 pm

ive seen them....you guys have to be naiive to think they arent around...if there are fish swimming/jumping in the water, then something is chasing them...

at manly there are frequently penguins :)
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Postby el_timmo » Tue Feb 28, 2006 6:02 pm

I've surfed with basking sharks, but I don't think that counts.
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Postby Broosta » Tue Feb 28, 2006 7:11 pm

el_timmo wrote:I've surfed with basking sharks, but I don't think that counts.


Dude they are deffo big enough to count!
Would not like one those big fleshers suddenly appearing next to me with its mouth wide open like they do, and I still don't like 'em even if they do only eat plankton!

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Postby trails surfing » Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:21 pm

we have little chance at seeing one. remember they are the apex preditors. we wont see it unless it's coming for a bite to eat. so when you see a fin that means its a dolphin, when you don't see a fin but feel a sharp pain and somthing ripping you off your board, it's a shark.
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Postby baldie » Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:39 pm

There is a girl being attack bitten on the leg by a shark yesterday in Maui, Hawaii.
In 2005, 5 shark attacks in Hawaii: 4 in Maui & 1 in Oahu.
In 2004, 4 shark attacks in Hawaii: Maui, Moloka'i, Kaua'i and the Big Island.

Be careful of the Ocean !!!
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Postby trails surfing » Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:26 am

well i think i have something to add to this post. this past friday i was out and i kick something that felt familiar. you know when you go to an aquarium and they have these tanks that allow you to touch some of the small sharks and rays, well this feeling brought me back to this. the other thing is i swept my foot over the same area and could not find anything. i believe that what i kicked was iether a large ray or a small shark. still hav my foot so i cannot be certain. all i know is that i was a little freaked after that.
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Postby bgdkmetzger2003 » Mon Mar 06, 2006 7:49 am

baldie wrote:There is a girl being attack bitten on the leg by a shark yesterday in Maui, Hawaii.
In 2005, 5 shark attacks in Hawaii: 4 in Maui & 1 in Oahu.
In 2004, 4 shark attacks in Hawaii: Maui, Moloka'i, Kaua'i and the Big Island.

Be careful of the Ocean !!!


Its really scary because Im going to Maui in 4 days!!! About that other comment about not seeing the shark until it attacks you (apex predator)...Ive read many shark encounter documents and most of the time you will see a fin. A lot of times people see the fin and swim away. Perhaps the shark is not hunting them though....perhaps if it was then they would not see the fin??

heres the website for the encounters http://www.sharkresearchcommittee.com/p ... k_news.htm
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Postby trails surfing » Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:28 pm

no scientific knowledge, just what i've heard and my own thoughts on it but if you think about it sharks hunt seals and the sort. there is no one here that can say they are faster and more agile in the water, i've seen it on the discovery channel those things can move. so if a hunting shark were to pop out of the water befor it attacked then it would have a whole lot more trouble getting dinner.

i read the stories from your link, what i've heard is that in dark water or very cloudy water a shark will brush up against you to feel if you are food. as surfers we are lucky since human is not on the menu, and a shark attack on a human is usualy a mistaken identity.
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Postby Lgato » Mon Mar 06, 2006 9:28 pm

The water where I surf is not clear so I never see anything under the water but sometimes I do feel the occasional `fish` swimming past my feet. Really freeks me out.
Went surfing in Fuerteventura (such clear waters) and constantly mistook rocks in the water for sharks!!
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Postby surfinforlife » Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:14 am

The first time i went surfing i looked down into the water and saw the shadow of my board under the water, it scared me so much cos i never realised how much it looks like a shark!
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Postby bgdkmetzger2003 » Tue Mar 07, 2006 2:54 am

i read the stories from your link, what i've heard is that in dark water or very cloudy water a shark will brush up against you to feel if you are food. as surfers we are lucky since human is not on the menu, and a shark attack on a human is usualy a mistaken identity.[/quote]

yeah but I agree with you that if one really wanted to eat you then you probably wouldnt see it until its too late.
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