Discouraging Post

[mondo33]

not likely to get bitten there are usaully only a few a year up this way like maybe two. but seeing them is scary as shit but i didnt crap my wetsuit I just paddled away real freakin fast.

[jowall]

Maybe in this situation the crap in the wetsuit is simply a natural defense.

I think it's human nature for us all to be concerned with dying when we weren't expecting it. It's the animal in us that fears other animals more than cars.

Personally, I'm more worried by long term health effects of algae blooms than getting bitten, but that's not so say I'm right.

-john

[davewsail]

I think it's wishful thinking to try and explain recent sightings of large animals as those minke whales. Whales like open ocean and eat plankton, so why would there be a bunch of them in the surf zone where people play? Stating the obvious, Ano Nuevo is right up the street where the warden likes to eat. So which animal is more likely to be near shore in the play zone?

With that said, I haven't been there myself so I am strictly speaking of probabilities, not based on what my own eyes are seeing.

[KillaHz]

Everything I've seen this year has been at least 100 - 200 yards outside the break...deep water.

[AntiJF]

Not to fan the flames of hysteria, but have any of you seen this story?
http://www.surfline.com/surfnews/articl ... m?id=10788

of interest to note is the depth in which the attack occurred.

[Bulldog]

So what were the dolphins doing there? Were they trying to protect the guy from the shark? Defending a fellow mammal?

So much for the theory that the Landlord doesn't like the taste of humans. This guy hit once and came back for more.

[zgur]

It's not hysteria, it's a cold reality....when you enter the pacific ocean, you are becoming a part of the food chain, and you NOT at the top. You can ignore that fact, but it does not change the reality......and for the record, the bay/santa cruz area is part of the read triangle - I wonder why they call it that???

Surfers spend a lot more time emulating appetizers - the slowest moving fish that looks really yummy....

That surfline story was chilling.

Good winds + waves, Z.

[AntiJF]

That surfline story was chilling.

Completely. I've got PTSD just from Reading it.

Those dolphins were completely surreal, too, but I always thought a pod of them was capable of fending off a shark. Maybe the white was too big.

I guess one of the things that struck me about the dolphins is that once again, it demonstrates a certain level of connectedness between us and them. It's clear that they were disturbed by the whole thing, and I don't think they had to hang around and do tail slaps etc, they could have just swam (swum?) off.

[Bulldog]

So if you see a bunch of dolphins heading your way; get the hell out the water...

[downhiller]

where were the three places you saw the shark?