Africa Geographic! Awesome imagery of GW's in Africa. The infamous kayaker pic with a 4mt chompie behind him. Great Upclose shots of GW's
www.whitesharktrust.org/pages/mediaarticle/media25.html
Enjoy!
Uber,
Great pix on that last one - I haven't read all the posts but if you are a shark afficionado (and you seem to be), check out a book by Susan Casey called "Devil's Teeth" which is an account of research into Great Whites at the Farallon Islands which are 30 km west of San Francisco (you can even get a ferry over there).http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/080507581X/sr=8-1/qid=1148897594/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-9170547-1881610?%5Fencoding=UTF8
For some reason the Farallones attract the really big Great Whites and the biggest are around 20 ft. What surprises people who see them is their immense girth, ie a 20 ft GW is about the same width as a Mac truck, ie 8 ft. Think about that !!
Happy reading
Thanks Zanz!
Looks like a good read.
Hey I was at Boat Harbour Sydney the other day with Dr.Ads and Cpt Cam. Now we all know its a sharkee hangout. However it was the best place to go in the winds we had S-SW.
When we got there we saw a pod of Dolphins. Prolly about 10 bouncing out of the water. I havent been in the water with dolphins so I was super keen to get in and say hi! Anyway we pumped up and went in not a thing to be seen.
About 2hrs later I am cruising out and i look down. I see some dark shadows moving in the water. There were about three moving shapes around 1.5-2mtrs long. They didnt look big but they were definately moving with a side to side motion.
My question is when dolphins are seen are there Sharkees about? some ppl say yes some ppl say sharks are scared of dolphins. So whats the correlation if any?
If they were sharkees I wasnt too spooked suprisingly. I thought I would of freeked however I am a little more accepting of smaller chompies.
Its the big mummas that can chomp me in half I am really scared of.
FNM AWESOME!!! Answers so many q's on this forum. Keep posting your fave stories or new info bout sharkees. Dont be shy...Winter sux so lets make "SHARK STORIES!!!" an intersting read on Seabreeze! Cheers To No Chompies and Fine winds~~~!!!
Caelah, ISAF have done some research on menstruation and sharks but it's not really conclusive.
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/reduce-risk/
Here is a couple videos for you Uber.....
Note: This is very graphic so if your sensitive to the sight of blood and gore please dont dont watch it(I know most of you will now have to watch it.. Sicko's)http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2827673828856319563&q=sharks
And the one below is more light hearted humor
video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7122951525804045046&q=sharks
Sorry in advance if either have been posted already.
Hey UB does it count when you have a dream about a shark eating you. After our discussion on the weekend I dreamed about this giant meateater chomping through me and my Vegas - the shark got me good. I think I will borrow Dan's shark repeller for the next session at Boaties.
cheers
col
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Hi All,
Has anyone got some good Shark Stories? Maybe out kiting? Where,When,Size,Kind of sharkie! post pics too!
Now it is winter and im freezing my jangles off and bored.
Check out this "Jumping Seth Ifrikarn Sealeatingmumma Great White"!
Enjoy!
http://www.pushby.com/friends/jesse/archives/005721.html
hi uber,me and me mate bazz kited somewhere near newcastle on saturday for 4 hours with 2 great whites in the water.there were thousands of salmon schooling and the whites were munchin on em.they never bothered us .they were small 1 around 5 foot the other around 8 foot.we **** our selves first up but thought about it and kept kiting.it was a good experience.what da ya reckon bazz.
Hey Col,
Good chatting to you an Dan the man. Thats a bad ass dream!
I had one the night before where I was sitting on the end of a jetty watching all the fishies swimming around and sharkies munching them.
It was really clear water and I could see all the colours and as I was dangling my feet of the jetty a 2metre reef shark jumped up and bit my right foot then let go. Then just moments after that 2 sharkies jumped up and bit my left foot and let go.
I was left there with sharkee stigmata. Weird huh!
Oh yeah after our chat about ur snake phobia, I thought you should get a DVD called "ANACONDA" and "ANACONDA2" You wont be Kitesurfing in Borneo in a hurry.
Check out this pic of one trapped between an electric fence...looks like it ate a small animal
Hey cwamit, love your vid. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2827673828856319563&q=sharks
Aside from the fact that these guys are morons, there may be some scientific merit to their folly. Notice how the shark went for the guy wearing the pants....wonder why? The shark was obviously just checking (nibbling) to see what was edible because 6 legs in the water and a camera man is not natural food for the shark. That blood would have got them all going though if the idiot was not pulled out of the water quickly.
If it were not for heros like these guys, then I would never know not to wear pants kiting....the sharks ignored the bare legged guys.
Channel 7 next Monday night. Jennifer Hawkins is diving with Great Whites on The Great Outdoors. Theres 2 reasons to stay home
Not content with his fear of this amazing animal and talking about it....young uber wants to go to SETH IFRICA to hunt and study them
Now that's just special....GO UBER!
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Originally posted by gruezi
Hey cwamit, love your vid.http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2827673828856319563&q=sharks
Aside from the fact that these guys are morons, there may be some scientific merit to their folly. Notice how the shark went for the guy wearing the pants....wonder why? The shark was obviously just checking (nibbling) to see what was edible because 6 legs in the water and a camera man is not natural food for the shark. That blood would have got them all going though if the idiot was not pulled out of the water quickly.
If it were not for heros like these guys, then I would never know not to wear pants kiting....the sharks ignored the bare legged guys.
lol
WOOHOO!!! Got a shark story for y'all. Was kiting off the east coast of South Africa on Monday and ran into one! Did a transition a couple of hundred metres past the backline and just as I came out of it and looked at where my new tack would take me I found that about a metre away it was going to take me over the tail of a monster shark. The tip of the tail was sticking out of the water and the overall tail would have been almost a metre high. I could see the back half of the body but it was so big that the front half was out of sight, too far away in the water. And I didn't hang around long enough to look more closely.
I hit the shark with my board as I rode over it between its tail and fin. The fright I got had me edging a bit hard upwind and I lost speed and began to stall. I quickly wiggled my kite back into the middle of the window for some power and rode into the beach and up the sand like a burnt cat, only touching the water occasionally as I skipped across the surface like a skimming stone. I got there and took a couple of deep breaths before telling my mate who was just rigged up and about to go out. We were the only two there.
We had a quick chat and decided that it must have been a whaleshark, partly because all the evidence pointed that way, partly because I didn't want to scare myself out of getting the rest of the afternoon on the water. Based on what I saw I'd figure the whole body would have been longer than my ute, and it was almost motionless (sounds like a whaleshark). There's a lot of diving on the reefs near there (Sodwana Bay, for anyone who knows Seth Efrika at all) and dive boats pass through regularly. Another mate skippers one of them and he had told me previously that there was a whaleshark in the area around that time.
So after a bit my mate and I went back out and had a look around the same area for it. Didn't see it again, but I kept imagining fleshy feeling things clipping the underneath of my board for the rest of the time we spent in that spot.
Whether it was a whaleshark or a Great White I don't know, but I tell you that between recognising that it was some sort of shark and not a dolphin because of the tail, and running into said tail, I won't forget that afternoon's session in a hurry.
Icing on the cake, as we finished off the day in the now deserted boat launch area we managed to catch the full moon rising on our port tack at the same time as the sun set to starboard. Just the three of us, myself, the mate who came looking for it earlier and the skipper who had now finished for the day. What a day hey, kiting a prime location in magic conditions, mixing it with the wildlife, and having it exclusively to ourselves. Definitely one for the long term memory banks.
Nice story GreenPat!
All I can say is, that'd be about 10 years off my life!
I guess my itsy bitsy shark story don't quite cut it compared to carving a line between the tail and fin!
But here go's, Getting some kiting done down at Point Henry, Geelong. Headding out, just about to put the board onto foot, then just as I stepped backward I felt something wiggle - kinda like 'what the hell is standing on me I need to get the hell outta here' - promptly powered up a little, just enough to get a bit of lift and looked back at where I stood to see a little banjo shark swim outta the way quick smart!
Bit of a fright for me but I think the little shark was a tad more freaked out than I was!
Get the wind up ya!
SHARK CAUGHT IN TUGGERAH LAKE.
Hi Guys.
Yes and I know the fisherman that caught it to. He wishes to remain anonomous at this stage.
3.4 Metre Great White.Must have got through entrance inlet as a baby probably as a member of a group. The Great Whites swim in groups with kids foregers just like the mother is.
Personally, I am a residant, have a holidayer on the water at Tuggerah lake. I have caught 15 Gumby sharks in my time no bigger than 70cm and one tigers shark, another baby.
Imagine If Wyong Council ever opened the inlet, kiss Good bye to tourism in the area.
Something to think about guys.
Hi Guys,
I have a colleague that is a scientist at the Aquarium at Darling Harbour.
Anyone for a big mother shark hunt.We do it by night only.
Remember the movie "JAWS".
It is actually real what my mate does.
I would like more info, are you sure the mother is still not in the lake?
Kind Regards,
Nicholas
I would like to drop a shark-shield into the aquarium ... just to see if it really works.
Graeme
Scared of sharks?? Take a bottle of Head & Shoulders into the ocean with you.
Check it out: faculty.washington.edu/sisneros/Sisneros%20and%20Nelson%202001.pdf
Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate is one of the primary constituents of shampoos and coincidently alkyl sulfate surfactants also make very effective shark repellents. These compounds are also found in soap, toothpaste, bubble bath etc. to generate lather. Alkyl sulfate surfactants mirror very effectively the action of pardaxin, a naturally occuring surfactant like substance secreted by the Red Sea Moses sole to repel sharks.
So, chum the water, buy your shampoo and get squirting
I don't recon you've got any worries in Qld. There are some big chompers over in W.A. A few years ago when I lived over here in the late ninties, and working at the Cott hotel. A 6m white pointer chomped a surf ski in half just past the break. lucky the dude jumped onto his mates surf ski and the shark only got a gut full of glass and not ass. I've had a few tangles in the lines and been floating for half hour in the same spot and it's a good feeling when the wind gets in the kite and takes me the fxxk ouda there.
Hey Spacey,
Freekin awesome vid!!! Love it Keep it comin. Just dont want that happening me when I kite at Wanda.
Apparently they only breach in Seth Efrrreekaa!!! Thank Jebus!
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Originally posted by gruezi
Hey cwamit, love your vid.http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2827673828856319563&q=sharks
Aside from the fact that these guys are morons, there may be some scientific merit to their folly. Notice how the shark went for the guy wearing the pants....wonder why? The shark was obviously just checking (nibbling) to see what was edible because 6 legs in the water and a camera man is not natural food for the shark. That blood would have got them all going though if the idiot was not pulled out of the water quickly.
If it were not for heros like these guys, then I would never know not to wear pants kiting....the sharks ignored the bare legged guys.
http://www.courts.sa.gov.au/courts/coroner/findings/findings_2003/buckland.finding.htm
Just an interesting read for the 'shark pod' shark repeller. A diver was wearing one of these units had it switched on but still got attacked by a Great White.
I think the unit was being used incorrectly, they were in a bad area and the shark was making a pass because his mate was still able to get him out of the water and the shark let him go.
Yeah I read that before I bought mine. It's worth reading the whole thing. They didn't blame it on the gear not working, just the diver not using it correctly.
I'm much happier wearing mine but I would still really like to see it actually repel a shark.
Graeme
GLS i was just wondering. How do you wear yours? do you just put it on your ankle like the pictures? Have you ever been zapped by it? does it get in the way? does it sit in the water when you are cruising along? does it hit you when ya jump? sorry for the shark attack load of questions but Im so keen to get a review by a Kitesurfer who uses one!
Hi qfmike
I wrote a review 12 months ago in the Gear section: www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=9764&SearchTerms=shark+shield
In a nutshell, yes I like it and feel more confident with it than without so I get more kiting in. I wear it off my ankle. Yes it zapps me from time to time, but it doesn't hurt much. It's more assuring to know that it's working.
The one issue I have found with it is the on/off switch which seems to jam easily when fine sand gets in there. With soft water logged nails it's sometimes impossible to turn off and I have to use my boards fin. A bit of a nuisance.
I've no regrets buying one. I wouldn't bother using it in the river, just use it in the ocean.
BTW, I went to Broome on a deep sea fishing trip over the weekend. Saw some wonderful sealife including a 3m shark glide silently past the boat. They're definitely out there.
Graeme
Hi everyone,
If you want to see sharkies go to the cocos islands. I used to have a massive fear of them stemming from my child hood. Well i soon got over that while kiting in the cocos islands. There are so many it made my eyes pop, they were only small one's though. Never the less i soon learnt they didn't care about eating me. It was just what i needed, i'm cured. I no longer think i'm burley.
