There has been a number of sightings of large sharks off nobbies .The mutton birds are back in droves and the sharks are picking off the weak and dieing ones .Aparrently one jumped right out of the water next to one of the kiters.

Craig66 said...

yep all true it was me that it jumped next to :)

how big?, what kind? tell more

lucky we didnt see any on our down winder from nobys to merewether !!! i did have what you saw craig in the back of my head the whole way down !!!
LACH, i saw all those birds & thought they were feeding on fish, they lined the horison !!!
daz

bellevue said...

lucky we didnt see any on our down winder from nobys to merewether !!! i did have what you saw craig in the back of my head the whole way down !!!
LACH, i saw all those birds & thought they were feeding on fish, they lined the horison !!!
daz

thats because they were chasing you but couldn't catch up, the mutton birds are a pre main meal snack

4.0 + at redhead last week went straight over top of it couldnt believe how long it was, didnt go back looking for this one had a 5 minute rest then back out there to good to go home couldnt tell what type it was i was moving to quick hard to tell clubbies seen it early in the day ripping into a school of fish

rfw1 said...

4.0 + at redhead last week went straight over top of it couldnt believe how long it was, didnt go back looking for this one had a 5 minute rest then back out there to good to go home couldnt tell what type it was i was moving to quick hard to tell clubbies seen it early in the day ripping into a school of fish

I'm lovin' that stray comma in the middle of your post.

the grammar geek is out again.

Sorry to be a bit slow, but killer whale? wtf? aren't we talking about orca's here? i thought those big bad babies hung out near the poles where there's icebergs and stuff floating around? how's one of them off stockton?

I have vague recollections of National Geographic doco's telling me those babies are the apex predators of the entire ocean - as ruthless as a great white but about 100 times smarter - mamals that communicate with there own and hunt collectivley etc, etc - what are the chances of coming across one of them when I'm body dragging out the back retrieving my board after another failed gybing attempt? and what's going to happen if I do come across one of them?

Nah orcas go where they want.... I know a fella who was freediving with them off the Rowley Shoals, out off Broome WA.

Ok, have a look at the link below, note theses are NOT pictures from Saturday arvo at nobbys but as I searched to find out more about sharks jumping they are very close to what i saw over my left shoulder as i was on a run out.
Only about 4-5 feet long, couldnt pick what breed it was.
It was about 2m away, jumping and rolling to its right giving me a great view of it full belly.
I dont belive it was going for me more likely i scared it.
Most of the birds were feeding about 300m away but there were a few stray birds on the water, maybe it was going for one.

Cheers
Craig

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23516048-hes-behind-you-the-moment-a-6ft-shark-leapt-from-the-water-just-yards-from-surfers.do

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Hey Phil

Are those sharkbite photos on your profile of you?

If it ism he needs to bust out the NADS...

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as you can see i was not one sit up the front of class, if i was there at all,.,.,.,.,