By Mary Fonua in Nuku'alofa, Tonga Three Great White Sharks - each over 4 meters long - have visited Tongatapu waters very recently, dropping their transmitting tags and surprising scientists who say that it is the first time they have known these creatures to come here. "All three sharks may still be in Tongan waters or they may have left," said Clinton Duffy, a … [Read more...]
A Dive With Great White Sharks in Australia
Bloomberg is running the following article - it's a somewhat entertaining read. MB By Malcolm Scott, Bloomberg News In December 1963, a great white shark tore open Rodney Fox's abdomen, broke half his ribs, punctured his diaphragm and lung, and exposed the main artery to his heart. He's devoted his life to diving with sharks ever since. Fox returned to the water a year … [Read more...]
Australian Shark Activity Incites “Expert Opinions”
The Tweed Daily News People should be more concerned about bull sharks in Tweed's murky rivers than great whites in the ocean, a local shark expert said yesterday. Over the past few days great whites have been caught off Rainbow Bay and Mermaid Beach, and on Sunday Snapper Rocks swimmers had to be evacuated from the surf following several shark sightings. According to … [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...]
Shark Park
Off of the Santa Barbara Coast, near San Miguel Island, lies one of California's many natural spectacles. They call this one Shark Park. As you get past the rock, you can see that you are in a ring of reefs and rocks that is about a mile across. This place is known as Shark Park. With good reason. This is the open ocean. Next stop is Hawaii. There are Great Whites and … [Read more...]