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Double overhead sets coming through at Ulus. Offshore and glassy, moving into high tide. Bommy is breaking, one guy out. A couple at outside peak and outside corner. Swell supposed to be filling in all day and the wind stays offshore. A dozen out at Padang, good barrels, no need to tuck in. Too big ...

Crabmeat on possible 50 deaths a year without netting: "and the highlighted bit is a wild bit of guessing, huh?" My edit: Nah, not a wild guess, I'd think it has about a 80% probability. But then again, once it 25 a year the number of ocean users might drop significantly. "i think it has 80% probab...

lol based off what? 50 people saved per year from shark attacks in oz based on 90% probability it's crazy talk, tbh "The Australian Shark-Incident Database has recorded that between 1791 and April 2018 there were 237 fatal shark attacks in Australia. In the two years of 2020 and 2021 there were 11 ...

Crabmeat on possible 50 deaths a year without netting:
"and the highlighted bit is a wild bit of guessing, huh?"

My edit:
Nah, not a wild guess, I'd think it has about a 80% probability. But then again, once it 25 a year the number of ocean users might drop significantly.

Netting probably saves at least 50 lives a year in Australia. We've had it for so long that people forget the historic fatalities pre netting. And that was when the population was a fraction of what it is now and without the explosion in ocean usage with the advent of surfing. Meanwhile millions of ...

OK, I'll stop now.

Although Florida has the largest quantity of attacks in the world, Australian shark attacks, by comparison, are much more severe. Nowhere else comes close. New South Wales has recorded a whopping 93 fatalities since the year 1900, though the rate of attacks there has decreased since the turn of the ...

Just putting sharks into context

India ranks second only to Indonesia in terms of the number of sharks caught each year. Approximately 100 million sharks are killed each year in fishing operations, primarily to support the demand for shark fin soup.28 Aug 2013

The USA and Australia are the most shark infested countries in the world. Since the year 1580, a total of 682 shark attacks have killed more than 155 people in Australia. In the United States, 1,563 attacks have already caused over 35 deaths.8 Jan 2023

Australia has the highest number of fatal shark attacks in the world, with Western Australia recently becoming the deadliest place in the world for shark attacks with total and fatal shark bites growing exponentially over the last 40 years

I better sneak an early one tomorrow, the late afternoon is way beyond my league if it hits the predicted 4000kJ

steve shearer wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 14, 2023 7:43 pm

How big on sunset Cranked?

Well overhead. No one was anywhere near enough outside to have ago at them. Don't know what's happening at the more exposed Ulus breaks.

Offshore dawn till dusk today. Mainly shoulder high, erratic sets every 30 minutes or so, uncrowded. Smaller than forecaste.

A few large sets catching everyone 50m inside around sunset.

Great stuff Skip. So that's three of us. I'm up for a get-together anytime.

Just read it... most excellent. Lots of info, I'll need to read it a few more times.

My taxi for airport is overdue... 60 days, no sharks! Not a single surfer death by sharks in Indonesia ever!

Wyre wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 12, 2023 8:22 am

Asymmetric Surdboard

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Do you need to get one for right and one for left breaking waves?

Hope it turns on for you Steve