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

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 10:26 pm
by Trev
Sunbird doesn't seem to like sharks.

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

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 9:24 am
by Nick Carroll
buddy wrote:
Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:41 am
Nick Carroll wrote:
Thu Oct 10, 2019 10:36 am
Something our FNC brethren might want to put their 2c worth in

https://www.coastalwatch.com/surfing/25 ... the-people
Nick, just some anecdotal evidence from observing and surfing Ballina over the last 5 years.
Over the last 12-18 months there have been by far the most surfers surfing ballina compared to the 3.5-4 years before that.
More people have returned to paddling out in the dark, staying till dusk and surfing outerbanks that were completely empty over the attack cluster period.
There's no longer a 'surf in a group' mindset, so once the main spots get a crowd, people will look for the empty lineups and start filling them too.

While not in the same numbers as pre-attacks, more surfers have returned to paddling to Sth Wall instead of driving compared to a couple of years ago.

It feels like it kind of never happened, just been put in the back of peoples minds for a while.
Interesting hey. I’ve read a bit about crowds and crowd behaviour. One thing about crowd theory that really caught my attention was the way in which people will gravitate toward each other in an uncertain environment. This really rang true vis a vis the much commented upon surfing situation when you’re the only person out on a beach with several banks, then the next three people who come out all come straight to where you’re surfing.

I wonder if some of this is happening around Ballina now, people see other people going out again where maybe they would not have three years ago, and decide, well it must be OK if they’re doing it, so I will too.

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

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 9:27 am
by tootr
Did u see longtard wrote a piece on the grit about the orcas around Ballina atm?

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

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 9:31 am
by Nick Carroll
Well I guess this is more about the humans than the orcas.

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

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 10:02 am
by Cranked
I hope its the same crew from False Bay in South Africa, they'll sort out those Whites quick smart

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

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 5:31 pm
by alakaboo
Nick there's a bit of research in the natural hazards field about how people return to risky behaviour within 2 years of severe events.
It seems to be a sort of psychological cleansing period, and if nothing too bad happens, or something similar but less severe, we appear to be programmed to just put it behind us.

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

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 1:18 am
by offshore1
As if World War I wasn't bad enough.

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

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 6:53 am
by BA
tootr wrote:
Wed Oct 16, 2019 9:27 am
Did u see longtard wrote a piece on the grit about the orcas around Ballina atm?
The footage and photos are insane. Would never have thought they’d go up that far.

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

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 7:12 am
by buddy
I wonder what the sharkiest spot in the area he claims is?

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

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 8:35 am
by alakaboo
BA wrote:
Thu Oct 17, 2019 6:53 am
tootr wrote:
Wed Oct 16, 2019 9:27 am
Did u see longtard wrote a piece on the grit about the orcas around Ballina atm?
The footage and photos are insane. Would never have thought they’d go up that far.
They're in the great barrier reef area too.
Most people just never see them because they stay of near the shelf.

I've seen a huge pod of them breaching off Jervis Bay. One of the most terrifying displays of power.

Wolves Of The Sea remains one of the best documentaries.

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

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 9:46 am
by jimmy
buddy wrote:
Thu Oct 17, 2019 7:12 am
I wonder what the sharkiest spot in the area he claims is?
NW? SW?

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

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:49 am
by Thud
Guy here (North Avoca) knocked off his board by a big headed Bull. Came back for a second look but decided him and his board weren’t edible.

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

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:52 am
by buddy
jimmy wrote:
Thu Oct 17, 2019 9:46 am
buddy wrote:
Thu Oct 17, 2019 7:12 am
I wonder what the sharkiest spot in the area he claims is?
NW? SW?
North end of 7 mile, outside banks, feels the dodgiest of all to me when you're out there alone. Which is most times at that place.

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

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 2:48 pm
by pinhead
buddy wrote:
Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:52 am
jimmy wrote:
Thu Oct 17, 2019 9:46 am
buddy wrote:
Thu Oct 17, 2019 7:12 am
I wonder what the sharkiest spot in the area he claims is?
NW? SW?
North end of 7 mile, outside banks, feels the dodgiest of all to me when you're out there alone. Which is most times at that place.
Is that the bit they call Whites beach?

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

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 3:31 pm
by BA
alakaboo wrote:
Thu Oct 17, 2019 8:35 am
BA wrote:
Thu Oct 17, 2019 6:53 am
tootr wrote:
Wed Oct 16, 2019 9:27 am
Did u see longtard wrote a piece on the grit about the orcas around Ballina atm?
The footage and photos are insane. Would never have thought they’d go up that far.
They're in the great barrier reef area too.
Most people just never see them because they stay of near the shelf.

I've seen a huge pod of them breaching off Jervis Bay. One of the most terrifying displays of power.

Wolves Of The Sea remains one of the best documentaries.
Wow, would never have thought that.

Yep, Wolves Of The Sea is one of my favourites.

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

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 3:34 pm
by marauding mullet
Neptune Island in SA, Orcas ate a big pointer’s liver, with a nice Chianti.
The shark cage business that goes there didn’t see another pointer for a very long time after that.

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

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 3:39 pm
by alakaboo
There's a (pretty good) theory that the whale population has overshot and will start to decline.
You'd expect great whites and orcas to do the same I'd imagine.

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

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 4:02 pm
by Cranked
I wonder of the netting and baiting work the same way. That is the sharks encounter another shark netted or having taken a bait, then think fcuk that, I'm going somewhere else where I'm the undisputed top of the food chain.