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19 July 2015, 11:00 PM
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19 July 2015, 11:24 PM
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That is what you call a genuine change of underwear moment 
It wasn't a tiddler either from the size of the dorsal fin.
It wasn't a tiddler either from the size of the dorsal fin.
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20 July 2015, 08:15 AM
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That's got to make you think twice about getting in the water surely!
When I was 'surfing' in Tenerife (was there a few months) something brushed past my leg (only ever in shorts and rash vest) once when I was sat on the board. That **** me up enough and it was probably just a fish (don't know if there's even sharks round there?) but when you got away from the really shallow volcanic rock it suddenly dropped off and the deep water just looked scary as anything.
When I was 'surfing' in Tenerife (was there a few months) something brushed past my leg (only ever in shorts and rash vest) once when I was sat on the board. That **** me up enough and it was probably just a fish (don't know if there's even sharks round there?) but when you got away from the really shallow volcanic rock it suddenly dropped off and the deep water just looked scary as anything.
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20 July 2015, 09:06 AM
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I have windsurfed in South Africa, and you certainly get on your board pretty quick after a fall!!!!!
and you can never quite get the "der dum der dum" noise out of your head
but I have also sailed a lot in Maui, and Hawaii has more shark attacks than anywhere else in the world
I did see a fin as I came over the back of a wave once, that focuses the mind on the next gybe....
and you can never quite get the "der dum der dum" noise out of your head
but I have also sailed a lot in Maui, and Hawaii has more shark attacks than anywhere else in the world
I did see a fin as I came over the back of a wave once, that focuses the mind on the next gybe....
20 July 2015, 09:08 AM
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yes, I have windsurfed in Tenerife, more than any place in the world apart from the UK (El Medano)
and they deffo have sharks, including the Great White - one was spotted on one trip I was on
the sea = sharks, so you have to get used to it
anyone going to the Med this year, caught just off the coast of Sicily
and they deffo have sharks, including the Great White - one was spotted on one trip I was on
the sea = sharks, so you have to get used to it
anyone going to the Med this year, caught just off the coast of Sicily
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20 July 2015, 09:10 AM
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Mate reckons he saw fin of killer whale off the coast Sussex here whilst we were windsurfing, I'm 99% certain he's misguided , but. Apparently they can exist here
20 July 2015, 09:30 AM
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I surfed Kaikoura, NZ for three weeks with rumours of a White Pointer about; as we drove South, the radio confirmed it was a 15ft Great White.
Surfing Byron was nerve racking too; someone was eaten three weeks after I'd surfed it.
A mate got munched in SA too; nearly lost his leg but made a killing from the tabloids!
I spend so much time in the sea and see some awesome sights; a humpback whale about 30ft away, Dolphins diving out of the face of a big wave in Winter, countless seals, some a bit too curious, sunfish, etc. Sharks aren't a worry but seeing a harmless basking shark still gets the heart thudding.
It's funny, all the major media is now an "expert" on sharks AND surfing...
Surfing Byron was nerve racking too; someone was eaten three weeks after I'd surfed it.
A mate got munched in SA too; nearly lost his leg but made a killing from the tabloids!
I spend so much time in the sea and see some awesome sights; a humpback whale about 30ft away, Dolphins diving out of the face of a big wave in Winter, countless seals, some a bit too curious, sunfish, etc. Sharks aren't a worry but seeing a harmless basking shark still gets the heart thudding.
It's funny, all the major media is now an "expert" on sharks AND surfing...
20 July 2015, 09:32 AM
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20 July 2015, 10:26 AM
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yes, I have windsurfed in Tenerife, more than any place in the world apart from the UK (El Medano)
and they deffo have sharks, including the Great White - one was spotted on one trip I was on
the sea = sharks, so you have to get used to it
anyone going to the Med this year, caught just off the coast of Sicily
and they deffo have sharks, including the Great White - one was spotted on one trip I was on
the sea = sharks, so you have to get used to it
anyone going to the Med this year, caught just off the coast of Sicily
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20 July 2015, 10:56 AM
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I think one reason they keep to the deep water is that they like quite temperate water (i.e. cold)
due to the way they hunt, they need to keep there body temperature higher than the water around them - and in the warm shallows of the med they would overheat
20 July 2015, 12:50 PM
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Ive dived in waters around the world & when your up close to a small shark of say 4 or 5ft long they can still make your heat skip a beat.
20 July 2015, 12:55 PM
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20 July 2015, 02:15 PM
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yes if you where conspiracy minded it would be tempting to believe that all the countries around the med conspire to keep it out of the news to protect the tourists trade (ps we are off to Greece next week!!!!)
I think one reason they keep to the deep water is that they like quite temperate water (i.e. cold)
due to the way they hunt, they need to keep there body temperature higher than the water around them - and in the warm shallows of the med they would overheat
I think one reason they keep to the deep water is that they like quite temperate water (i.e. cold)
due to the way they hunt, they need to keep there body temperature higher than the water around them - and in the warm shallows of the med they would overheat
Long may they continue to stay in the cooler deeper waters too!
I'm off to Tenerife and never go in the sea, I hate not being able to see what is around me so only go in if i'm snorkeling. Can't stand that sensation of stuff moving around your feet in the sand or fish brushing your legs but you can't see what it is
20 July 2015, 02:25 PM
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Yep not the greatest for business if it was widely known the Med had the biggest Great Whites and plenty of them too.
Long may they continue to stay in the cooler deeper waters too!
I'm off to Tenerife and never go in the sea, I hate not being able to see what is around me so only go in if i'm snorkeling. Can't stand that sensation of stuff moving around your feet in the sand or fish brushing your legs but you can't see what it is
Long may they continue to stay in the cooler deeper waters too!
I'm off to Tenerife and never go in the sea, I hate not being able to see what is around me so only go in if i'm snorkeling. Can't stand that sensation of stuff moving around your feet in the sand or fish brushing your legs but you can't see what it is
20 July 2015, 04:02 PM
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There was one time or 'a' time, during which people sharked here. It was a stretch of time, though. Hope it makes sense. Not sharking itself (it never made sense to me), but you know, this " 'a' time" post mortem. 
