The Fear Beneath - Shark Attack News and Information
This gruesome photograph was taken in the area of the Bixby Ranch, close to Point Conception in Northern Santa Barbara County! The Santa Barbara Channel has become increasingly notorious for its large pinniped population and the associated Great White Sharks that hunt them.
R.I.P. 6/17/08
You know the thing about a shark, he's got...lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eye. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be livin'. Until he bites ya and those black eyes roll over white. And then, ah then you hear that terrible high pitch screamin' and the ocean turns red and spite of all the poundin' and the hollerin' they all come in and rip you to pieces.
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It is a well known fact in the international marine biologist community that great white sharks are frequently spotted at the surf spots on the Hollister Ranch and Bixby Ranch. This year alone my team has tagged 3 great white sharks greater than 15 feet. We tagged one off Big Drakes (Hollister Ranch), one off Cojo (Bixby Ranch), and one off Government Point (Bixby Ranch).
go fuck yourself you uppity bitch!!!!!!
go fuck yourself you uppity bitch!!!!!
go fuck yourself you uppity bitch!!!!!!
go fuck yourself you uppity bitch!!!!!
hi
crazy!!!!!!!!!!!
boring=awesome
Hey Mike(post; 1/16/10 12:38PM) it is the Holiest of eco-ministers like yourself that give eco-terrorism a bad name LOL. I sure hope you don't use paper toilet paper from trees, or eat fish from the ocean, or drive a car that uses fossil fuels, or buy blood diamonds for the wife, blah blah blah. No matter what you and the rest of us leave an imprint on this rock – no doubt the problem in your mind is all those other ignorant people NOT you. You must sit alone in your bathroom thinking if everyone else were all as smart as you this world would be a better place wouldn't it!?! Go hug another tree, save a baby seal, and tell us how you are doing more to save the Earth than the rest of us. Next time go to another site to encourage people to vote – be an activist somewhere else you TOOL
Oh Shit it aint human you idiots!
I want hunt a great white shark someday, hopefully i have some luck.
DMBast,
When Mike said that if “[he] ever saw someone hunting a Great White Shark, [he] can promise [he] will do the same to you”, he was not saying that he would do the same to YOU!!! He meant he would do the same to WHOEVER he saw hunting the shark.. imbecile.
So next time you want to bitch around, try understanding what you read first, maybe the one with misplaced anger is you..
“they do not eat boney pieces of s**t like you”
I resent that. I am anything but boney. I’m a FAT piece of shit like you.
“Finally if I ever see someone hunting a Great White Shark, I can promise I will do the same to you.”
Why would you do that to ME if you see “someone” hunting a Great White Shark? Do you have issues with misplaced anger?
You guys are ridiculous, your assumptions and uneducated comments about Great White Sharks are ludicrous. They are an amazing, calculated, and cautious predator. They are not man eaters and spend 85% of their life’s in the open ocean. When they do swim along the surf line, it is to rest and absorb the high levels of oxygen that are churned up by the surf. A 16 foot animal can NOT SWIM IN A KELP FOREST, around yes. And if they really were a menace to the ocean they would NOT be protected and there would be far more attacks on people. The Great White Sharks on the North American Coast are the largest in the world, they EAT ELEPHANT SEALS, which are 2000 pound + pieces of fat, they do not eat boney pieces of s**t like you. I repeat if we were on their menu, there would be a lot more dead surfer, but magically there is not, I wonder why. Great White Sharks are a magnificent animals that command respect, much is still unknown about them, but there is a great deal we have researched and know, I will not explain any further on this forum for fear that it will fall on deaf hears. If you really do have a fear of sharks because of ignorance or fear from movies (same thing), I suggest learning to scuba dive and actually sticking your head underwater to see what is going on down there. See how depleted our oceans are from fishing and polluting and how scarce sharks really are. Take a trip to the Channel Islands and see for yourself. You will also see how humans have depleted and abused the oceans resources and how vulnerable the ecosystem is. We hold the balance of the ocean at our fingertips, with our decisions to recycle or litter, to eat fish from dredge net fishermen, and to dump our waste in the ocean. Finally if I ever see someone hunting a Great White Shark, I can promise I will do the same to you.
hey rob crowded spots are better, they increase you chances of not getting bit, just stay out of my way I’m going left!
Hey Rob, Tajigus is where its at, Stay there ok! And UCSB person, find out where the pit is by asking someone in SB
Surely a shark would actually eat the seal. I’m not convinced.
I also hear there is some secret spot in SB called “the pits” ??
Where is this Pits?
Thanks,
UCSB Student
Jalama lol. what’s the point of going to crowded surf spots? Tijagues is where it’s at.
I would still paddle out if Cojo was cranking! Dead seal on the beach or not!
wow Goleta Goodiez, Are your really trying to compare Jalama to UCSB? I would love to see you try to paddle out on a winter swell, let me know when so I can alert the Coast guard.
Martin – This is California where we speak in feet, the body parts your favorite fish like to eat. SO please, when you’re in France use meters, when you’re in the U.S., use feet, inches, gallons, etc.
Hey shark hunter: if your looking for fresh meat, hang out off the pier in Avila when the teachers are swimming; better than fish chum.
Yes. They actually prefer the cover afforded by the kelp beds while stalking their prey.
do white sharks swim in kelp beds?
Everybody knows the Ranch was best in the 60′s and 70′s when it gained fabled status. However, multiple El Ninos and large swell events have completely altered for the worse the bottoms at various spots. To aggravate things further now it is overcrowded with boaters and angry locals fighting for mediocre waves. I say let them have Hollister Ranch, the surf is better down South anyways (and it is fact that there are less sharks). Rincon til death.
Realist: Please get real.
You obviously do not know what you are talking about. Looking at the pictures it is obvious the carcasses were not floating in the water for exteneded periods of time. Also, why have the overwhelming majority of great white shark attacks occurred inside kelp beds and relatively close to shore?
DO you have any other pearls of wisdom for us?
just a bunch of hype to scare people away from the ranch. of course there are sharks in north SB and all over CA, but come on…’more’ shark activity than the farallons? haha. most of those washed up seals drifted from way up the coast and happened to end up on the ranch. im sure sharks cruise past there all the time…but usually off-shore. and they almost never go inside kelp beds….where the waves are. everyone should boat out to (or sneak into) the ranch to surf all those perfect world class waves every chance they get! and beat-up the yuppy locals!
Shark Hunter, I’m going to have to ask you not to expose yourself on this website. Please remain clothed at all times.
I’m here to expose Shark Hunter. Do not take a word of what he says seriously. He is a snivling, short, little man who has nothing better to do than try and get folks worked up. He is 100% full of it, I know, because I am Shark Hunter.
I’m not a surfer, but seeing all the postings about the white made me want to see if I could find’em. Went up there, found now encounters of any whites. Boring is all….but plan to go up again. We have a new upwelling around the bend here and am hoping with the kicked up sea, so will the food source for many oceanic creaters, including shark.
I heard shark hunter did not go out because of the 1-2 foot forecasted swell.
I’m sure Shark Hunter already knows this, but the Great White is a protected species that can not be targeted or killed legally.
How was the boating this weekend, Shark Hunter?
Shark Hunger Lives!
Come now, Shark Hunter, the senseless slaughter of sharks is a tragic occurrence of epidemic proportions. Our ocean’s ecosystems are failing at an unprecedented rate, and here you’re endorsing what amounts to shark murder? What sort of example are you setting for future generations to come? Some day, there may not be any great white sharks left in northern santa barbara county for our children to worry about, and that would be the real tragedy.
Time for it to die.
That shark is the devil, I say.
I saw me a shark, 19ft long and scarry as hell. I’m going after that bastard this weekend. Who’s comming with me?
There ain’t no locals up there worth a shit…Great white sharks are another story. I’ve seen them there and that is why i surf in town where all the secret spots are around UCSB & Isla Vista. The stus are to busy studying and partying to surf.
The local surfers were aggressive to scare away most people…maybe the great white sharks will scare away the locals!
That is real scary. I have also heard about the increase of dead seals on the beach around Bixby and Hollister. I had a friend with a medical background who viewed this photo and he said it was definitely the result of a shark attack.
Judging from the size of that wound, the jaws of death that chomped that poor seal must have belonged to a 5-6 meter great white! incredible!