The Fear Beneath - Shark Attack News and Information
(Another account of aggressive sharks in California's Red Triangle. Although we wonder - who the hell is Neil Salunga and why does the San Diego Reader Weekly care? Yet we post it anyway... -MB)By "Ollie" - San Diego Reader WeeklyName: Neil SalungaAge: 29Occupation: FirefighterLives in: San YsidroPre-surf music: N.W.A.Girls in the water?: “Total distraction.”Neil Salunga recounts the experience of getting attacked by a shark:“A year ago, I was surfing at … [Read more...]
Hot on the heels of two additional recent sightings,The Shark Research Committee has posted another account of a great white shark sighting at Ocean Beach, San Francisco (yes, still in the heart of the infamous Red Triangle!)As we usually do with these reports, we've excerpted the story below - visit the The Shark Research Committee's Pacific Shark News for more information.On September 19, 2008 Evan Kinkel was surfing at Ocean Beach near Sloat Blvd., San Francisco. Kinkel reported; “I … [Read more...]
The Shark Research Committee has posted recent accounts of a couple shark sightings at Ocean Beach, San Francisco (in the heart of the infamous Red Triangle!)We've excerpted a couple of salient details below - visit the The Shark Research Committee's Pacific Shark News for more information.On September 15, 2008 Morgan Weber was surfing just north of Sloat Blvd. at Ocean Beach, San Francisco. Weber recalled; “I was surfing, waiting for waves, and saw the shark fin about 100 – 150 yards … [Read more...]
Ocean Beach, San Francisco, has been in the headlines several times lately with a flurry of Great White Shark activity.On September 9th, Evan over at SurfThereNow.com published a creepy picture of what appears to be a shark stalking a surfer. OK, maybe we're extrapolating a little bit much there (the evidence is far from conclusive,) but there is definitely a dorsal fin within 75 feet of that surfer. We wonder if the surfer even knew.From the post: "Ocean Beach, San Francisco is in The Red … [Read more...]
An update from our respected colleagues at The Shark Research Committee.OCEAN BEACH, SAN FRANCISCOOn September 1, 2008 Michael Sullivan observed the following, which was reported today; "This email is in regards to the shark sighting on August 29th by Pete Maris South of Sloat Avenue. It may be important to note that a large sea lion washed up headless just south of Sloat Avenue. I noticed it yesterday, Monday, Sept 1st at 3:00 PM, on the rocks underneath the parking area."Caution should … [Read more...]
A pair of Great White Shark sightings in the Ocean Beach area begs the question: is there a Great White Shark or hunting group of Great White Sharks that are patrolling the beaches at the mouth of San Francisco Bay?Ocean Beach is right across the bay from Stinson Beach, which was closed down for the Labor Day weekend. Both of these beaches lie within the area of the infamous Red Triangle and barely a stone's throw from the Farallon Islands, a popular pinniped rookery and therefore feeding ground … [Read more...]
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