A rash of recent reports and information filtering in suggest the systematic decimation of pinniped populations by the ocean's greatest predator - the Great White Shark. … [Read more...]
Archives for 2008
White Shark Encounter near Point Conception
A couple of Northern Santa Barbara County fishermen have reportedly encountered a "big, mean, fish" in the waters east of Point Conception. The female white shark, believed to be approximately 6 meters in length, is said to have approached their fishing boat several times and displayed unusually aggressive behavior. Late spring and early summer are a notorious time of the … [Read more...]
Rumored Sighting off Gaviota
A local diver recently spotted a 23-foot Great White Shark just north of Gaviota. Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available. Use absolute discretion in those waters. Local media outlets have been contacted. [ad name="ad-1"] … [Read more...]
Great White Shark Territory
In response to the recent sightings, one of our dedicated readers (a local marine biologist and longtime Santa Barbara native) was kind enough to send in this map illustrating the known habitat of Great White Sharks in Northern Santa Barbara County. [ad name="ad-2"] … [Read more...]
Unprovoked White Shark Attacks
An excellent article from the Shark Research Committee. "On Saturday, 19 July 1975, commercial abalone diver Gary Johnson, age 34, would be attacked at Point Conception, Santa Barbara County, California (34°26.6'N; 120°28.5'W) at about 1330 hrs. This site would become a recurring location only four days later." [ad name="ad-2"] … [Read more...]
3 shark attacks have Mexico resort area in panic
Courtesy of The Associated Press via Google News ZIHUATANEJO, Mexico (AP) — No one could even remember a shark attack along this resort-studded stretch of Mexican coast popular with surfers and Hollywood's elite. Many of the large predators had been pulled from the ocean by fishermen. So when sharks attacked three surfers in less than a month, two fatally, it was u … [Read more...]
Shark bites US surfer off Mexico coast
Thanks to The Associated Press from Google News ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — A shark injured a 49-year-old American surfer Saturday off the Pacific coast of Mexico, in the third attack in a month. By NATALIA PARRA The Mexican Navy deployed personnel to warn people about sharks at beaches in Zihuatanejo, a resort northwest of Acapulco, according to a Navy official who spoke o … [Read more...]
Mexico shark attack kills surfer
A shark has killed a 21-year-old surfer off a beach west of Mexico's Acapulco resort, less than a month after another fatal shark attack in the area. Osvaldo Mata Valdovinos died after his left hand was bitten off and his leg broken by the shark, officials said. Friends swimming with him at Pantla beach near Zihuatanejo saw a 2m (6ft) shark pull him underwater, police … [Read more...]
Two more killed in shark attacks in Pacific
From The Times An American surfer has died after being attacked by a shark on the Pacific coast of Mexico only four days after another man was killed by a great white shark off California. By Chris Ayres in Los Angeles Marine biologists are now asking if the attacks are an astonishing coincidence — it has been 30 years since a fatal shark attack on Mexico's Pacific co … [Read more...]
Triathlon Man Bitten In Two By Great White Shark
SOLANA BEACH, SAN DIEGO A swimmer lagging behind a group training for the triathlon was killed by a great white shark near San Diego yesterday, in a rare fatal attack off southern California. Dave Martin, 66, a retired veterinarian from Solana Beach, suffered a single huge bite across both legs as he swam in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego County’s Tide Beach, at around 7 … [Read more...]