Reader Alert: Sunset Beach Shark Breach

The shark came completely out of the water and turned on its back so I coudl see its white bellly and dark gray back, The shark appeared to be about 5-6 feet in length.

Great White Shark Spotted in Santa Monica

“Saw a 10′ to 12′ great white shark yesterday (12/10/2008) at 4pm while fishing the shipwreck in santa monica. It followed my sardine all the way to the boat then paused looked at us turned arond and went back down. It was huge! Never seen anything like that before.”

Shark Seen Lunching on Turtle near Hawaii Kai

By Tim Sakahara
Its shark versus turtle and it wasn’t much of a fight. While the shark snapped its jaws, the people snapped some shots giving boaters an eye-full.
The pictures were taken on Monday less than a mile off shore in Maunalua Bay just outside the surf spot called Turtles. Koko Crater and Portlock are seen [...]

Sixteen Foot Great White Shark Spotted At Streaky Bay

ADELAIDE NOW
Huge sharks chasing fish and cruising off holiday beaches pose a threat to swimmers as warm weather draws sunlovers to the coast.
Police in South Australia renewed warnings to swimmers at the West Coast holiday spot of Streaky Bay, where a monster great white has been seen cruising close to shore, The Advertiser reports.
The five-meter [...]

Surfing With A Great White Shark

Surfing With A Great White Shark
Another dedicated reader sent in this incredible footage of a surfer and a great white shark playing in the surf. Its authenticity is disputable, and here at The Fear Beneath we tend to believe that this shark would be ripping those surfers into several pieces. We’ll let you draw your [...]

Surfer Shares Wave With Great White Shark in Australia!

PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
This is the adrenaline-pumping moment surfer Fergal Smith catches a ‘tube’ completely unaware he is sharing the wave with a Great White shark.
Mr Smith, 21, from Ireland was surfing two miles off the coast of Perth in Western Australia when he found himself just a few feet from the 500-pound monster.
The holidaymaker only [...]

Three sharks sighted near Mauna Kea Beach

BIG ISLAND, HAWAII
State parks has closed Hapuna and Wailea Beaches on the Big island today.
Three sharks were sighted between Puako and Mauna Kea Beach around 9:30 this morning. A 12 foot tiger shark was spotted approximately 600 yards off the Puako boat ramp, an eight foot shark was seen approximately 300 yards off Maumae Beach [...]

Great White Shark Assaults Sea Lion in Malibu

UPDATE: The Los Angeles Times has posted some comments from Ralph Collier at The Shark Research Committee:
“In regards to the prior migratory movements of adult white sharks off the Southern California coastline, in the past it was necessary for the sharks, once they had pupped, to travel to Central and Northern California because the majority [...]

More Shark Sightings Close Windward Oahu Beaches

Two reported shark sightings on Oahu’s Windward side. The first closed Waimanalo Beach Park. Someone saw a 15-foot tiger shark in the water. Lifeguards posted signs.
Then on Sunday afternoon, someone reported a six to eight foot shark at Lanikai. Astate land officer could not confirm the sighting so the beach is still open. This comes [...]

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,) [...]

Large Shark Drags Surfer ‘Like Jet Ski’

NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA
A 51-year-old surfer has survived a close encounter with a large shark, which became tangled in his leg rope and dragged him like a “powerful jet ski” off the NSW north coast.
Surf shop operator John Morgan said he was about 300 metres offshore at the northern NSW tourist town of Byron Bay [...]

Big Island Beaches Remain Closed – Three Shark Sightings

HONOLULU
For the second day in a row, Big Island officials said they have closed beaches in the South Kohala area because of sharks.
A Big Island helicopter spotted three sharks in the area between Puako and Mauna Kea Beach Sunday morning.
A tiger shark 10 to 12 feet in length was seen 600 yards off Puako boat [...]

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