What's your most interesting sea life encounter?

by **FormosanSurfer** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:39 pm

Stingrays
Dolphins
Turtles
Once when I was coming in, a school of fish jumped out about 100 of the little suckers landed on my board and flopped around.

by **corkey-surf** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:54 pm

Hey

Ive come across Jellyfish sometimes which i hate

ive seen flatfish
spider crabs

Thats all lol i seen all them on my kayak + surfboard

by **hawaiiSUCKSexceptsurf** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:13 am

i saw jack johnson outback but hes not sealife is he?

by **FormosanSurfer** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:55 am

hawaiiSUCKSexceptsurf wrote:i saw jack johnson outback but hes not sealife is he?

Close enough :shock:

Awesome, he's one of my favorite people in the universe.

by **Dec** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:30 am

hawaiiSUCKSexceptsurf wrote:i saw jack johnson outback but hes not sealife is he?

I saw kelly outback at suunset on a dawnie! it was amazing!

by **hawaiiSUCKSexceptsurf** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:41 am

how do you know what kelly slatter looks like dec? does he have those memorable, dreamy eyes?

just messin. i wouldnt recognize a single pro surfer if i saw one. too bad too, living in hawaii.

dec, what is that spot called in front of the rocks by sharks cove? thats where i saw him.

by **Stone Fox** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:43 pm

So many lucky people, I'd LOVE to swim with dolphins.

by **adrian** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:09 pm

apart from the usual stuff (dolphins, penguins etc) i came across an aqua turd once.....does that count?

by **Dr Rev** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:33 pm

I Had a turd float by whilst sitting on my board, kept thinking about the movie Caddyshack pool scene !! :shock:

by **dougirwin13** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:52 pm

Rocks,
Seaweed,
Crabs (mostly felt when trodden on),
Fish (mostly felt when trodden on).
Seals,
Dolphins,
Sharks (including a 6m [almost 20ft] Great White).

-doug

by **gdude335** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 12:17 am

so many seals!
they play with you, once i was stiing down and it came under me and brushed my feet and pooped up next to me. One caught a wave with me and i didnt know what was going on and fell!

by **SoCal WaterSpout** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:34 pm

That is so cute!!!! I hope something like that happens to me. Steve (husband) was telling me he could see a sea lion chasing me off my board and me running back to shore in a panic....

:lol:

by **Stone Fox** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:49 pm

dougirwin13 wrote:Sharks (including a 6m [almost 20ft] Great White).

-doug

We're going to need a bigger boat! :shock:

by **unodoshol** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 6:39 pm

barracuda whilst scuba diving..v scarey and big

by **dougirwin13** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 12:03 am

Stone Fox wrote:
dougirwin13 wrote:Sharks (including a 6m [almost 20ft] Great White).

-doug

We're going to need a bigger boat!

I tell you - my 9'6" didn't feel like a boat :shock:

Imagine if I had actually seen him... I found out afterwards. :roll:

-doug

by **Brian** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 12:58 am

pault wrote:Whales, Sharks, Stingrays, Dolphins, Sea Urchins (Spikey lil buggers)

The stingrays were amazing I was snorkling in Grand Cayman and we ere taken to a sand shelf to swin and feed the stingrays, weird yet wonderful creatures.

you copied my avatar :cry:

iw as surrounded by dolophins once...scared the shiz out of me. seen penguins too, and fish..a shark once.

by **Bonus** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:45 pm

If i saw a shark id probably just die on the spot, but i live in Ireland so its grand cos theyre like 10 miles off shore and mainly blue sharks. Ive just seen seals popping up close to us.

by **ginat** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 2:05 pm

Almost stepped on a 2-3'-ish sand shark while surfing once. Looked down and there it was just as clear as day. That was in the Mission Beach area. Saw another there on another trip. Something weird bumped up against my thigh on that trip too. It felt like the size of my 20 lb. dog. That was a little scary as I looked around and couldn't quite figure out what it was.

I grew up going to Florida and my mother would not let us go any deeper than knee-deep even though we were all excellent swimmers. She was convinced the sharks would get us. Now that I'm learning to surf, I'm readjusting my attitude to the whole shark thing. Spent alot of time looking up stats and stuff just to get a handle on how big a threat it really is and figured out it is so small I'm going to just surf and have fun and let God worry about the details! I also looked around at how many people are out there every day without incident and that seemed reassuring too. I think basically any time you are in the ocean there is something "fishy" about so learning that they really don't want to eat me was kinda important to getting over the fear of them. Now, I'm just kinda amazed that I kept surfing after seeing sharks. My mom is coming around a little too after several talks. I think she was just caring for her wee ones and besides, the movie Jaws had just come out when I was a kid and it must have scared the bageezus out of her. We actually went down to see part of Jaws II being made and the mechanical shark was huge up on a tractor trailer! She must have had nightmares about that sucker! :shock:

So, she's being pretty supportive about surfing especially since it has replaced my passion for skydiving!! LOL! My poor parents never know what I'm going to call them with next!

by **surferdude_scarborough** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 3:01 pm

saw a seal at saltburn once. i was shocked coz i wasnt aware anything managed to stay alive in the north sea

by **derbyshire surfer** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 8:06 pm

I had a seal pop it's head up and just kind of stare at me for a while at Cayton Bay. He got on this wicked wave and while I was watching....it landed on my head!!! (the wave not the seal!) lol

What's your most interesting sea life encounter?

Jelly Fish

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