I am a passionate sailor and liken WA to windsurfing to skiing in the French Alps. It is the best!! We live in the best place in the world for windsurfing. However be aware:

Last Friday morning (12th Sept) at around 10-11am whilst windsurfing alone around the car park I was warned by a cray fisherman and his son of a shark lieing on it's side a stone throws from the reids near the center of the carpark. Whilst discussing this, the son pointed it out and i witnessed white water and fins just where I had exited from the water. I should also mention I had a leak there 2min before I saw the fins (to the right of the carpark, ie. the launching area!!). It had two fins and was at least 2m in length. It was aggressive and looked extremely dangerous!! No it definitely was not a dolphin!! Although I wish it was

There was another windsurfer there who was rigging at the time but he too can prove this story.

Please just be aware! I have had many thoughts as to how to handle this situation. The shops are going to hate me but hey what would you do??? Sorry, btw I love all the shops they're doing a great job not only for the sport but also improving people's lives!!

I don't want to scare people from the sport but that would be impossible anyway because it is such a great buzz and you have 'bucklies of being taken!!' You have more chance of being hit by a car on the road or killed by bee stings but if this thing is sick and was hang'n round the launching area. Sharks to my knowledge do not lay on their side as the cray fisherman and his son also pointed out. Sick sharks are reknowned for being dangerous and this one did appear to be sick.

I would like to add I have sailed Lucky Bay for 2 decades without a shark sighting incident by myself or sailing companions. So please put this warning into perspective. To my knowledge there has not been an attack since 1979 and usually the sharks are sighted in summer and way up river (Guilford) or in the mouth.

Whilst sailing before the sighting there was the occasional dead fish floating (possibly from the poisoning incident up Ascot way) and the water was as murky as I have ever seen Lucky Bay. I was also sailing there for at least 2 and a half hours before this sighting and on my last few runs I was gybing/duck gybing and occasionally coming off 5 to 10 meters in front of the reids where the shark was reportedly laying on it's side.