(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 Weekly Name: Neil Salunga Age: 29 Occupation: Firefighter Lives in: San Ysidro Pre-surf music: N.W.A. Girls in the water?: “Total d … [Read more...]
Ocean Beach White Shark Sighting
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 … [Read more...]
Ocean Beach Surfers Report Shark Sightings
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 … [Read more...]
Ocean Beach Surfer & Shark Picture
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 … [Read more...]
Decapitated Sea Lion: Ocean Beach Great White Shark Victim?
An update from our respected colleagues at The Shark Research Committee. OCEAN BEACH, SAN FRANCISCO On 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 … [Read more...]
Two Great White Shark Sightings in Ocean Beach
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 … [Read more...]