Bah - can we trust a report from some loser kayakers?? They probably got bumped by a wave.

Some poor bastard was taken by a 5m white just around the corner from my place in Perth today.

The place the poor bugger was taken today is where we see one every second or third year. A big black dropoff, very close to the shore, the deepest part of the bay.

The last sighting there was when a large white loomed up out of the dropoff and grabbed a young dolphin, then racked off never to be seen again, pretty much what happened today.

It's this time of the year, every year we see them in Perth, between now and late Feb. But they are always out there somewhere. They are an amazing creature, one of the last dinosaurs, no doubt, but If the government is serious about protecting these animals from being hunted to extinction they need to show that they are serious about protecting us from them.

All Great Whites need to be tagged and their location constantly monitored so that this can't happen again, ever.

Hopefully hasnt gone into Narrabeen Lagoon by tomorrow afternoon....ha...ha....no seriously, i hope it cant get in there

why the red flags on the above comments? if you don't agree with their comment or opionion give a reason.

Yeah its true, the risk of being attacked by a shark while windsurfing must be small. Are there any reports of this happening? However talking over a few beers about sharks, how big they are, ie as long as the room you are in gets you thinking about them when out in the open ocean a couple of kms off shore.

Mobydisc said...

Yeah its true, the risk of being attacked by a shark while windsurfing must be small. Are there any reports of this happening? However talking over a few beers about sharks, how big they are, ie as long as the room you are in gets you thinking about them when out in the open ocean a couple of kms off shore.

Happen in sa a few years ago a guy was taken while windsurfing,i'll try and find some info onit from what i remember he was sailing in winds of around 25knots.
AAP General News (Australia)
05-30-1999
SA: Windsurfer taken by shark torn wetsuit a clue to fate

ADELAIDE, May 30 AAP - The body of a young windsurfer killed by a shark off South
Australia's Yorke Peninsula may never be found, police said today.

A shredded wetsuit, scratched sailboard and torn harness provided clues to the fate of
22-year-old TV sound recordist Tony Donoghue, who went missing yesterday while windsurfing in
Hardwicke Bay, on the peninsula's west coast.


Around 42 percent of attacks involve surfers or windsurfers, according to the U.S.-based International Shark Attack File.

> Yeh I've never actually seen the entrance. Glad to know it cant get in

Actually, go have a look, the entrance is an interesting place.

Very strong currents at ebb tide, and almost 'hot' at this time of the year because of the shallow lagoon east of Pittwated Rd. No way sharkies could get in.

Do wear sandals though, full of sharp oysters, as me mongrels found out couple years ago.

Narrabeen = great to practice gybes and freeride moves on NEsters.

Indo tubes said...

Some poor bastard was taken by a 5m white just around the corner from my place in Perth today.

I am surprised this has been the only comment I have read on this issue. Judging by the map in the newspaper the victim was taken at the spot where we gybe when you sail across the bay. Is everyone still sailing there atm? I have never been worried about sharks while sailing but the reality of some guy being eaten near a popular windsurfing spot is a bit unsettling.