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Terrifying Incident With “Submarine-Like” Great White

January 4, 2010 · View Comments

Veteran surfer Russell Specht has survived a terrifying face-to-face encounter with a monster great white shark stalking North Stradbroke Island. The 52-year-old surfer, local lifesavers and island boardriders fear the huge man-eater was responsible for the horrifying shark-on-shark attack off the island, east of Brisbane, which The Sunday Mail featured in graphic photographs in late October. The smaller 3m white pointer, snared on a baited drumline set off North Stradbroke’s busy Cylinder... [Read the full story]

Shark Attacks

“I Was Lucky To Be Attacked By A Great White”

January 4, 2010 · View Comments

‘I was lucky to be attacked by a great white,” says Glenn Orgias, who last February was dragged beneath the Bondi rollers by a 2½-metre white pointer. At 7.30 on an overcast evening, Orgias was paddling for a wave in the centre of Australia’s most famous beach when he felt a tugging on his left arm. He thought it was a surfer jostling for position. ”I thought another surfer had grabbed me and was trying to stop me getting the wave,” the 34-year-old says. ”Then... [Read the full story]

Shark Culture

Perth Great White Sharks Tagged and Monitored

December 30, 2009 · View Comments

More than 70 great white sharks have been tagged by scientists who will monitor when, where and for how long the predators linger near Perth’s beaches. In a world first, great white sharks will be monitored over the summer when they move to within 500m of metropolitan beaches from Ocean Reef to Garden and Rottnest Islands where satellite receivers are installed. Surf-life saving groups, scientists and wildlife officials will be notified immediately a tagged shark moves near any one of 18 bright-yellow... [Read the full story]

Shark Sightings

Terrifying Incident With “Submarine-Like” Great White

January 4, 2010 · View Comments

Surfing

Australian Surfer Rattled by Shark Collision

July 31, 2009 · View Comments

A teenage surfer has escaped with superficial cuts and a ripped wetsuit after being knocked from his board by a shark on the New South Wales north coast. The boy, named in media reports as 14-year-old local Zac Skyring, was out for an early surf off Broken Head, just south of Byron Bay, when he was knocked off his board just after 6am (AEST) today. He was reportedly thrown into the air by the impact of the shark, which punctured his wetsuit, but later went to school. Witness Neil Cameron told the... [Read the full story]

Video

Coast Guard Video of Shark Attack Evacuation

August 2, 2009 · View Comments

A Jackson man was bitten by a shark Saturday while fishing about 65 miles southeast of New Orleans, the Coast Guard reported. The man, identified only as 56 years old, was fishing aboard a vessel named Predator near Breton Island. Coast Guard Station Venice received a radio call for medical help from the Predator around 10 a.m. and contacted Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans. Coast Guard video of the medevac showed personnel from an MH-65C rescue helicopter lowering a rescue swimmer to the boat.... [Read the full story]

Shark Attacks

“I Was Lucky To Be Attacked By A Great White”

Avoca Beach Shark Attack Survivor (Update)

John Sojoski will think twice when stepping on a “rock” from now on, after being bitten by a shark on Boxing Day. Mr. Sojoski, 55, of Copacabana, was teaching his visiting granddaughter Summer, 12, to surf at Avoca Beach, when he struck trouble about 11am on Saturday. “I stepped on it originally,” Mr Sojoski said. “But then when I stepped... Read more of this article

Avoca Beach Shark Attack

A Central Coast man is in the hospital after being attacked by a shark at Avoca Beach earlier today. The man was bitten by the shark while swimming with his granddaughter close to the shore of the patrolled surf beach. The Copacabana resident fought off the shark by kicking his leg in and out of the water. He was taken to Gosford Hospital with deep... Read more of this article

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