Shark attack today at Byron Bay

Post by **chrisb** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:22 pm

Let's hope this clears the overcrowded lineup

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/mir ... 39029.html

Post by **Kunji** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:26 pm

North Coast NSW is def shark capital of the East Coast. I think the shelf comes in close to shore up there. Its never too warm for Whites. They love it up as far as sunshine coast. Long live the Great White!

Post by **SAsurfa** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:32 pm

She's very lucky that she got away with just a small arm injury

Post by **Shaunm** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:00 pm

Excellent, I'm off to Hat Head tommorow, crowds should be down on Thursday

Post by **marty** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:11 pm

Shaunm wrote:Excellent, I'm off to Hat Head tomorrow, crowds should be down on Thursday

hungry, now there's a beach-break.

Post by **creased** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:32 pm

I reckon they're full of it, Seppo's trying to cash in on a shark scare, saw the bite on the ski and the "flesh wound" seems a bit iffy for a 2.5m White?

Post by **SAsurfa** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:54 pm

Yeah the wound was covered by no bigger than a 4x4cm patch

Post by **mad** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:21 am

There's been quite a few reports of Whites around the North coast, some pretty reliable. Apparently blokes got circled out of Tallows last couple of weeks.

At the moment the whales and calves are passing through on their southern sojourn, so its that time of year. Salmon around chasing pilly schools as well.

Byron's got a regular visitation history by Whites, so why not.

Post by **Nick Carroll** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:01 am

It was a baby white on its way home to Vicco. (Ringmaster.)

Post by BA » Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:24 am

Ringmaster wrote:
Nick Carroll wrote:It was a baby white on its way home to Vicco. (Ringmaster.)
Yeah.........well I hope it pulls into Newport for a while to recharge it's batteries on the way back home........

Would be good to have a few "sightings" up here to thin the crowds out a little.

Post by **surf4life** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:27 am

i posted a topic on here recently asking if i should buy a shark shield and if anyone had any tips. this has definately made up my mind. i dont care if she was on a kayak. if i go in the water i want one of these for comfort and peace of mind

Post by **SDC** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:08 pm

Just got back from Byron, and had an encounter with a Noah at Suffolk Park, which made me exit from the line up, only one other guy in the water at the time as well.

I guy I know did a swim from the Pass to Main Beach whilst I was there, I wonder what he's thinking about that now.

There's a massive sand bank that runs from the front of the lighthouse to as far as the eye can see from Tallows, and has a deep channel between it and the beach.

Beware they're there!!

Post by **mustkillmulloway** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:18 pm

theres lots whales around at the moment

in real close this year too.....and some clowns among them....never seen so many jumps and flaps

almost like there daring me too harpoon them

i'd say given the paddle ski she was on....the colour (white)....almost be like a sick baby minkie whale look a like too a hungry great white

really....bloody big lure

p.s also...no delicate way say this but seeing as shes all smiles for the media

i wonder if "it's that time month"

women shouldn't surf while bleeding

fong awaits femanist out cry

Post by **g_u_m_b_y** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:26 pm

SAsurfa wrote:Yeah the wound was covered by no bigger than a 4x4cm patch

yeh it prob only brushed her a 2.5 meter shark would royally bumfu*k you.
such a bluff

Post by **Ruby** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:12 pm

creased wrote:I reckon they're full of it, Seppo's trying to cash in on a shark scare, saw the bite on the ski and the "flesh wound" seems a bit iffy for a 2.5m White?

i agree...i think its all a bit suss...i am not silly enough to think there are no noahs out there...but this story just seems a bit dodgy. :?

Post by **Bretto** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:22 pm

yea for sure!!! if it was a white and wanted to attack it would of gone the whole hog or not at all, the great white dont give no puppy nibbles nore would it be turned off by a fairy tap with a tooth pick ...
just my appin ,,,, something fishy

Post by **sean--** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:25 am

Just got back from Sussex Inlet yesterday from a few days of surfing and fishing. We pulled up at the north end of Cudmirrah for a surf on Monday morning to find some nice 4 foot waves full of dolphins and 3 surfing it.
As we were about to walk down the track we noticed the 3 all got out at once and the reasons was that under the pod of dolphins was a shark at least 3 meters long. We surfed a peak about 200 meters south with our feet up with a local bloke.

Post by **Kunji** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:48 am

Bretto wrote:yea for sure!!! if it was a white and wanted to attack it would of gone the whole hog or not at all, the great white dont give no puppy nibbles nore would it be turned off by a fairy tap with a tooth pick ...
just my appin ,,,, something fishy

Yes they do Bretto. Especially if it was a young and cautious Shark. Whites will often give an exploratory bite, which was the case in this instance.

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