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Leech
WA
Australia
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Posted 19/10/2008, 3:13 pm
   
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Was sailing with Greenroom & WINDY MILLER yesterday just north of Hilarys. Miller & I both saw a shark. After comparing notes on what we saw and a bit of research it seems to have been a white pointer! 
The dorsal fin was 40-50cm and the shark looked big! Are there any experts who can convert that to full-shark length?
At the time it didn't worry us - figuring it was a reef shark or something - and we continued sailing, trying new stuff and falling in etc. In hindsight we probably should have headed straight back to the beach!! |
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easty
TAS
Australia
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Posted 19/10/2008, 4:15 pm
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| You probably sail near big sharks all the time, but just don't see them. |
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poor relative
WA
Australia
6858 Posts |
Posted 19/10/2008, 4:30 pm
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| Its the ones you dont see that cause the problems. |
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mineral1
WA
Australia
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Greenroom
WA
Australia
5574 Posts |
Posted 19/10/2008, 9:27 pm
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Did you see the report on 60 minutes tonight?
Great whites stick their head out of water to suss out the area and plan of attack
Thats why those parasites with kites buggered off so quickly. I thought it was because they got stuff all waves because we were out    |
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nobody
NSW
Australia
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Steptoes Son
ACT
Australia
74 Posts |
Posted 19/10/2008, 10:54 pm
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Leech.
How far out were you? I was at Pinnarro Pt and thought I saw somthing "fin like" but figured it was just the paranoid heebies getting to me, looking into the sun and all.
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aus301
QLD
Australia
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Posted 20/10/2008, 7:17 am
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This is a 2.3m Great White which was brought in at Mermaid Beach on the Gold Coast late last week. It was dragging a buoy from the shark nets around close to shore when a life guard spotted it.
Not huge, but still big enough to take a big bite.
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DavMen
NSW
Australia
911 Posts |
Posted 20/10/2008, 7:28 am
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If all white pointers where made to drag buoys, they would certainly be easier to spot! |
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stribo
WA
Australia
1598 Posts |
Posted 20/10/2008, 7:33 am
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| Wow thats well north for a white |
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Sailhack
VIC
Australia
1703 Posts |
Posted 20/10/2008, 7:55 am
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Leech said...
The dorsal fin was 40-50cm and the shark looked big! Are there any experts who can convert that to full-shark length?
Far from being an expert, but I've seen a few whilst fishing.
The biggest I've seen up close (and I mean close!!! my wife gave it a pat when it came up next to our boat!) was approx 5m long, and its fin would've been around 60cms.....so I'm guessing somewhere between 3.5m - 4.5m long?!?
As PR said, the ones you see, you generally don't have to worry about, the sharks are smart hunters, and prefer to 'ambush' any fast prey, although the inquisitive ones are just as deadly, they'll 'mouth' you to find out what you are, then swim away casually.....unfortunately, this can be fatal.
I must admit, I'm not overly scared of sharks....but have enough respect to let them have the right of way....the same with road trains!
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Waiting4wind
NSW
Australia
668 Posts |
Posted 20/10/2008, 8:00 am
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You now how shark's got their name?
First words uttered by a surprised swimmer in a rather excited response.....
**....f*ck........from there on referred to as shark! |
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Susie
NSW
Australia
762 Posts |
Posted 20/10/2008, 8:13 am
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| In the last few days there has been 3 (different) reports on the metro sa coast of 5 metre whiteys, chewing on fishing boat motors and circling and eye balling the boats. Its just that time of year. |
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WINDY MILLER
WA
Australia
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Posted 20/10/2008, 8:22 am
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jeez dave. after seeing the pics of the dead one above, i'm 90% it was a white...the dark triangle dorsal and dark back going into a silvery mid section.
judging by the speed it was going i rekon it was on the hunt 4 a sea lion.
i saw it about 50m back from the wave break,,,side on through a building wave..... where dave was spending a lot of time in the water after practicing backies
there around u all the time, seen 2 fins at pinaroo b4, but never as clear as this.
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Gonewindsurfing247
WA
Australia
511 Posts |
Posted 20/10/2008, 9:23 am
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| It was around this time last year that 6 metre GW was hanging around Safety Bay. |
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Wet Willy
QLD
Australia
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WINDY MILLER
WA
Australia
2591 Posts |
Posted 20/10/2008, 9:47 am
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might give it a miss, for a week or two...or go out when dave is practising his moves
thinking about it, the guy fishing in the tinny upwind , probably wasn't doing us any favours if he was chucking burley in. |
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evlPanda
QLD
Australia
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aus301
QLD
Australia
1030 Posts |
Posted 20/10/2008, 11:13 am
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Yep Panda, that is within 50m of where I was sailing with you and Mal a few weeks back.
The report said that the life guards were thankful it all happened on a day when not too many people were at the beach, it was windy and a bit cold...hmmm |
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Leech
WA
Australia
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Wet Willy
QLD
Australia
1918 Posts |
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nobody
NSW
Australia
437 Posts |
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evlPanda
QLD
Australia
2905 Posts |
Posted 20/10/2008, 11:54 am
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I'm not sure balancing gingerly while you uphaul is going to help any when they ram you.
It's a shame they don't have arms and fingers to check you out, which is all they are doing when they have a "taste".
So now my equipment list now reads:
helmet
impact vest
harness
booties
knife
spear gun
first aid kit
plasma
flare guns
Roy Schnieder
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Gestalt
QLD
Australia
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Flux
WA
Australia
426 Posts |
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windsurfer44
WA
Australia
243 Posts |
Posted 20/10/2008, 1:06 pm
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| my bro and i were surfing bluff in gnaraloo, guy on cliff told us to get out we bailed boards absolutely sh!!!ting ourselves, turned out to be a 4m tiger shark... |
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md74
QLD
Australia
892 Posts |
Posted 20/10/2008, 1:59 pm
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that pic is at my local beach, but here is the thing, I was more spooked in the muddy dark water up at Shearwater, its a pretty darn big area to fall off in the ocean and the odds of seeing a shark are quite slim, just get those gybes right is the best solution, and make the water starts super snappy if you cant, but, lets look at how many kiters are in the miami to the spit stretch of the goldy, dangling in the water for a lot longer than us, never heard of anything suss happening.
Clearly if we were part of this animals food source you would not be able to step in the ocean, heap so f people swimming everyday.
Flat water boys you can have your muddy warter with the bull sharks, not my cup of tea that is where I reckon the risk is.
We all surfed out the front at Mermaid the last few days nev er felt like i was at risk any more than any other day.
The sharks are known to be following the whales and feeding on the week and feeble, if we get in their path, well that is going to hurt a bit!
Thats my 2 cents worth. |
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Pugwash
WA
Australia
1491 Posts |
Posted 20/10/2008, 2:20 pm
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in beer batter, small chips, lightly salted and tartar sauce... mmmm
How long until it's ready Stewie |
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arancini
WA
Australia
231 Posts |
Posted 20/10/2008, 2:22 pm
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| more incentive to make the gybe. |
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Leech
WA
Australia
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md74
QLD
Australia
892 Posts |
Posted 20/10/2008, 2:33 pm
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| notice the guys in the background with surfboards under their arms! |
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