A teenage surfer has escaped with superficial cuts and a ripped wetsuit after being knocked from his board by a shark on the New South Wales north coast. The boy, named in media reports as 14-year-old local Zac Skyring, was out for an early surf off Broken Head, just south of Byron Bay, when he was knocked off his board just after 6am (AEST) today. He was reportedly … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2009
Tiger Shark Mortally Wounds Rescued Dolphin
CLEARWATER — Blood was pooling in the water off Stephen McCulloch's boat Tuesday morning. He kept his phone call about the injured dolphin brief. "We've witnessed a tiger shark attack on Dunham. He's mortally wounded," said McCulloch, a Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution director. "There may be a possibility we need to euthanize him." About 400 miles away, Kevin … [Read more...]
WARNING: Shark Advisory Near Avila Beach
KSBY 6 News is reporting that a shark advisory has been issued for Port San Luis and Avila Beach. Port San Luis Harbor Patrol says at about 9 a.m. Wednesday a sea lion was found with an evident shark bite. Harbor managers say a sea lion was attacked by a shark but at this time they do not know the location of the attack. As a precaution, Harbor Patrol has posted a shark … [Read more...]
Malibu Great White Shark Video Footage
From Surfline, video courtesy of Oglevision.com. Thursday, July 23rd saw the beginnings of a pumping south swell -- and a white shark spotted about 300 yards off Malibu. This is on the heels of many sightings at both San O and Sunset Beach in LA. Says shark expert Ralph Collier: "Although it would appear that there is an increase in the number of shark encounters, this … [Read more...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-26
Headless Seal Carcass Litters Malibu Coast: Harvey said he did not know what type of shark it was but did know i.. http://bit.ly/17AZUf # Discovery Channel (@Discovery) provides feeding frenzy for shark-obsessed http://bit.ly/dIj6L (via @sharksandlasers) # When are surf forecasters going to learn that hyping a swell is the quickest way to kill everyone's fun? Seems … [Read more...]
Headless Seal Carcass Litters Malibu Coast
The headless body of a seal washed up yesterday afternoon off of the same Malibu coast where a shark was spotted Thursday. But county lifeguard Capt. Terry Harvey said there could be no connection between the shark and the seal. “There are all kinds of carcasses that wash up,” Harvey said. “It happens often. You can’t always relate it to that.” Harvey said he hasn’t … [Read more...]
Great White Shark Caught off La Jolla by Fly Fisherman
By Kelly Burgess, Los Angeles Times 'Outposts' A great white shark about 6 feet long and 150 pounds was caught by a fly fisherman off La Jolla last week. It's believed to be the first great white taken off the California coast using a fly rod and reel. Jeff Patterson, director of sales for reel manufacturer Abel Automatics, was testing company products about five miles … [Read more...]
Men Dragging Shark Through Miami Caught on Tape
The body of a shark was left lying in the middle of a downtown Miami street after two men tried to sell it to several fish markets. Surveillance video caught the men dragging the five or six-foot-long animal around town. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3wcdIoJD0M … [Read more...]
Shark Attack at St. Pete Beach, Florida
By Keith Baker - ABC Action News ST. PETE BEACH, FL - A 19-year-old was bitten by a shark near her home on Wednesday. Jenna James was swimming behind her home on Boca Ciega Drive when she was bitten above the right knee. She was swimming with her sister in fairly shallow water in Boca Ciega Bay and felt a cutting sensation above her knee. "She was approximately 10 - … [Read more...]
Shark Attack at Holden Beach, Cape Fear… Beneath!
By SAJA HINDI, Star News Online Holden Beach, NC - The first shark attack in the Cape Fear region since July 2007 occurred Wednesday afternoon at Holden Beach, police said. A shark bit Julia Anne Mittleberg, 26, of Morton, Ill., about 3 p.m. while she was in 3 to 4 feet of water in the Atlantic Ocean near the 400 block of Ocean Boulevard West, Holden Beach police … [Read more...]