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Re: Where did you surf today ?

Post by Beanpole » Fri Aug 21, 2020 9:55 pm

The Icebergs have a thing where you have to do so many swims every winter. Those in the know go early. They even throw blocks of ice in to make it colder. Slackers get the cold temps.
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Re: Where did you surf today ?

Post by Cranked » Sat Aug 22, 2020 1:22 am

alakaboo wrote:
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Cranked it's an everyday thing. Don't let it get to you.
I just think its good policy to stay away from where there has been a near shore shark sighting for at least 24 hours. A k out to sea, or up or down the coast, is not a problem?
If you think that a great white can't swim 1km in 24 hours I've got some bad news for you.

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Of course they can swim more than 1km in 24 hours. Firstly though, if they are close they are more likely to blunder on you and they may take a bite just to check out what you are. I understand that they are also very inquisitive and have incredible senses of smell (following a urine trail for instance) and hearing so they may detect you and cruise on over and take that deadly inquisitive bite.
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Re: Where did you surf today ?

Post by Cranked » Sat Aug 22, 2020 1:54 am

Oh, and that helicopter pilot who came across to warn me first sighted the great white about half a kilometre from me and said it was within 30m of me within about 5 to 10 minutes and heading straight for me. The helicopter was overhead with a crewman leaning out and obviously screaming at me and pointing to where the shark was. Those details were confirmed in the news reports.
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Re: Where did you surf today ?

Post by godsavetheking » Sat Aug 22, 2020 4:13 am

This appears to confirm what we have long suspected: boomers are totally repellent
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Re: Where did you surf today ?

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Re: Where did you surf today ?

Post by Cranked » Sat Aug 22, 2020 9:48 am

They are not everywhere at all Legion, that's a gross exaggeration. On a sunny day they are quite easy to spot and we often have a shark patrol that does just that, plus public sightings and a web site that has that information (plus the whereabouts of the tagged sharks), so its easy to avoid surfing at a surf spot with a recent shark sighting.

The chances of being attacked are slim, and yeah, there'll be instances where sharks are not spotted, but I've had too many near misses so I'll continue a behaviour that reduces the risk of a shark attack.
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Re: Where did you surf today ?

Post by Beanpole » Sat Aug 22, 2020 11:09 am

WA is pretty sharky by reputation. Apparently there's a bit of good surf around there lately.
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Re: Where did you surf today ?

Post by Cranked » Sat Aug 22, 2020 11:52 am

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Exaggeration but given the notifications on the website vs the number that are not tagged and not seen you can assume that they are regularly swimming past you.

The shark patrol is only in summer.
Yes, but during that time I don't see them reporting any close encounters, and if they do its headline news (as was my close encounter with a shark). I don't recall many (any?) other close encounters in the last 5 years or so. How do you reconcile that with your claim "they are regularly swimming past you"
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Re: Where did you surf today ?

Post by Beanpole » Sun Aug 23, 2020 3:04 pm

Wild and windy.......and tiny. Nice little trimmers if you could nab one.
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Re: Where did you surf today ?

Post by Trev » Sun Aug 23, 2020 3:25 pm

Surf report for Maroochydore this morning was 0' - 0'

And pretty accurate.
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Re: Where did you surf today ?

Post by mario » Sun Aug 23, 2020 4:59 pm

Two sessions out the farm today 3-4 foot . Not so crowded for once but both frustrating surfs with no designated take off zones . Still got some good waves in amongst the crap with the morning being better wind wise .

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Re: Where did you surf today ?

Post by Cranked » Sun Aug 23, 2020 5:17 pm

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Re: Where did you surf today ?

Post by channels » Sun Aug 23, 2020 6:11 pm

mario wrote:
Sun Aug 23, 2020 4:59 pm
Two sessions out the farm today 3-4 foot . Not so crowded for once but both frustrating surfs with no designated take off zones . Still got some good waves in amongst the crap with the morning being better wind wise .
Surprising it was as big as that.

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Re: Where did you surf today ?

Post by mario » Sun Aug 23, 2020 7:31 pm

channels wrote:
Sun Aug 23, 2020 6:11 pm
mario wrote:
Sun Aug 23, 2020 4:59 pm
Two sessions out the farm today 3-4 foot . Not so crowded for once but both frustrating surfs with no designated take off zones . Still got some good waves in amongst the crap with the morning being better wind wise .
Surprising it was as big as that.
So was I and a mate told me that only an hour or so before 8 it wasn`t even breaking . I only went there as a last resort , did a double take and suited up damn quick . I barely surf there anymore - it either has to a week day or a big day for me to think about going there .
Home was starting to get swell when I finished the arvo session at the farm so I`ll do dawn patrol tomorrow .

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Re: Where did you surf today ?

Post by Wyre » Sun Aug 23, 2020 7:42 pm

Hey mario, you are in the sh'lahba region, right?

Gets damn good round there
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