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by alakaboo
Mon Sep 18, 2023 10:40 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Just general surfing stuff
Replies: 11579
Views: 5870820

Re: Just general surfing stuff

That's pretty awesome. You can see where the cabal estate has increased the tidal prism and changed the location and angle of the ebb tide. Yep. Over the last 5 years or so, the canals have pretty much doubled in size so the water flow is greatly increased. Funny, I didn't realize it autocorrected ...
by alakaboo
Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:53 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Just general surfing stuff
Replies: 11579
Views: 5870820

Re: Just general surfing stuff

That's pretty awesome. You can see where the cabal estate has increased the tidal prism and changed the location and angle of the ebb tide.
by alakaboo
Fri Sep 15, 2023 5:52 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Replies: 2708
Views: 2102627

Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?

When did they stop pumping? The shark management program (SMP) commenced in 1937 and there was a marked reduction in shark attacks soon after. A whole lot of men weren't swimming in the ocean from 1939-1945. That's the problem with the data, there are so many factors that can't be controlled for.
by alakaboo
Fri Sep 15, 2023 3:24 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Replies: 2708
Views: 2102627

Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?

I dunno crabby, I don't know that anyone can really answer that with much certainty. Most of the really big ones would've been around before the ban, so they are ones that didn't pose a risk or take baits (evolutionary selection pressure, you see). To an extent they probably keep the medium size one...
by alakaboo
Fri Sep 15, 2023 2:35 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Replies: 2708
Views: 2102627

Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?

It's not about the change crabby, I've changed my tune as well. It's about not being able to comprehend Steve's view when you held even more extreme views not too long ago. do you think we should cull and net, now? Nah mate, nothing that extreme. I used to think, based on the data at the time, that...
by alakaboo
Fri Sep 15, 2023 2:29 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Replies: 2708
Views: 2102627

Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?

It's not about the change crabby, I've changed my tune as well. It's about not being able to comprehend Steve's view when you held even more extreme views not too long ago. lol ... not too long ago? broskis, that was longer than a decade, maybe a decade and a half ago. are you saying shearer is 15 ...
by alakaboo
Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:29 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Replies: 2708
Views: 2102627

Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?

It's not about the change crabby, I've changed my tune as well.

It's about not being able to comprehend Steve's view when you held even more extreme views not too long ago.
by alakaboo
Fri Sep 15, 2023 9:30 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Replies: 2708
Views: 2102627

Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?

Crabmeat are you going to make me quote your culling post again?
by alakaboo
Fri Sep 15, 2023 9:16 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Replies: 2708
Views: 2102627

Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?

I surf in the Red Triangle, where between 1/3 and 1/2 of Great White shark attacks have occurred. https://www.fearbeneath.com/habitat/the-red-triangle/ People have definitely changed their behaviour, I don't surf alone and I have a trauma kit and emergency beacon in the car. It's almost all marine s...
by alakaboo
Fri Sep 15, 2023 5:53 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Replies: 2708
Views: 2102627

Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?

He's scared of the land, imagine how scared he'd be in the water.
by alakaboo
Thu Sep 14, 2023 3:39 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Replies: 2708
Views: 2102627

Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?

steve shearer wrote:
Thu Sep 14, 2023 2:34 pm
I love the aquatic ape theory but the evidence for it seems a bit thin and refutable.
That's why I like to see it.
by alakaboo
Thu Sep 14, 2023 2:13 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Replies: 2708
Views: 2102627

Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?

Wouldn't mind if crew read my latest Swellnet piece on the ethics of shark control. Decent article Steve, in need of a little editorial review for mine. Not the content, just a few grammatical points. I would've liked a bit more of the aquatic ape theory. I don't know that ethics is really the righ...
by alakaboo
Tue Sep 12, 2023 12:03 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: that wetsuit discussion...
Replies: 2945
Views: 1118718

Re: that wetsuit discussion...

Top end Matuse are Yamamoto. I think some nineplus as well. Loof, I chose Isurus because I was between sizes in the Feral. I'd choose Isurus if they both had a size that was right for me. The original Patagonia suits were stiff and super fragile. That hasn't been the case for about 10 years. They're...
by alakaboo
Sat Sep 09, 2023 1:19 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Where did you surf today ?
Replies: 29980
Views: 10552416

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Who would've thought that heating up the ocean would have consequences.

Looks like another system about a week behind it too.
by alakaboo
Sat Sep 09, 2023 12:55 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Where did you surf today ?
Replies: 29980
Views: 10552416

Re: Where did you surf today ?

It'll be much weaker when it gets to you, and it looks like it will curve north.
by alakaboo
Sat Sep 09, 2023 12:02 am
Forum: Shortboarders only!
Topic: post your modern day sickness
Replies: 1039
Views: 1149154

Re: post your modern day sickness

They're meeting up next Tuesday at 8.
by alakaboo
Fri Sep 08, 2023 4:12 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Where did you surf today ?
Replies: 29980
Views: 10552416

Re: Where did you surf today ?

And it went Cat 1 to Cat 5 in under a day.
by alakaboo
Fri Sep 08, 2023 4:03 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Where did you surf today ?
Replies: 29980
Views: 10552416

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Offshore is going to have a decent paddle out next week with the swell from Hurricane Lee that just went Cat 5.