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Men in grey suits!

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Created by sci > 9 months ago, 19 Jan 2008
sci
WA, 762 posts
19 Jan 2008 1:58PM
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Plenty of fun to be had in WA!


evlPanda
NSW, 9202 posts
19 Jan 2008 4:12PM
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That shark gets around, I've seen it in National Geographic.

KiteDevil
TAS, 778 posts
19 Jan 2008 4:20PM
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same one that's been down here lately, it favours left legs the most...

GreenPat
QLD, 4083 posts
19 Jan 2008 3:57PM
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That must be the one from the fisheries camera at Cathedrals hey? Back in December or so? That's when I got the video emailed to me anyway. Remind me to post or find it on youtube when I get back to town.

tightlines
WA, 3477 posts
19 Jan 2008 3:13PM
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Yep I saw that vid Greenpat, I dont think diving or surfing will ever be the same at cathedrals.
Then again I don't think I've been for a dive since I started kiting and only a handful of surfs, there's that many sharks in WA i think my chances of outrunning them are better on a kite.

Cabron
QLD, 363 posts
19 Jan 2008 4:38PM
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Nice work on the editing... I hope you can remove all the sharks from my photos as well... what you can't see can't hurt you...i say

AB_USER!
NSW, 47 posts
19 Jan 2008 5:42PM
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try hitting one head on!

GreenPat
QLD, 4083 posts
19 Jan 2008 4:44PM
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tightlines said...

Yep I saw that vid Greenpat, I dont think diving or surfing will ever be the same at cathedrals.


Yeah, no more crowds .
(Not that I've ever been there)

tightlines said...


Then again I don't think I've been for a dive since I started kiting and only a handful of surfs, there's that many sharks in WA i think my chances of outrunning them are better on a kite.


I just got my diving ticket in Movember (yes, I look like a dodgy pornstar on the card). I've been waiting for a day that I'm in Perth without wind to go for a dive ever since. I don't mind waiting though .

Just looking at the forecast though, looks like a good day to dive on Thursday, anyone keen? I've got no gear of my own, I was just going to go out on the PDA boat and rent some of theirs.

tightlines
WA, 3477 posts
19 Jan 2008 4:57PM
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You should go for a dive at Cathedrals (Rotto West End) it gets its name from a cave complete with pulpit and eerie light shafts coming in from above, at the right time of day, whilst your down there just pray you don't see this



Edit:This is the vid you were talking about, shot by fisheries at West End.
P.S. Enjoy your dive

GreenPat
QLD, 4083 posts
19 Jan 2008 6:27PM
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I can't see streaming video while I'm on site, but I'll assume that's the vid I've been emailed.

I dunno, it would be a bit of a rush to see Carcharodon Carcharias up close and personal with no cage. One was sighted and photographed by a commercial dive group at Sodwana Bay where I used to kite, no cage or protection (except maybe divers knife?). The dive master reckoned it was great fun.

I'd love to go to Cathedrals, but I'm sure it's up to the skipper on the day.

tightlines
WA, 3477 posts
19 Jan 2008 5:50PM
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I got up close and personal with one about 3-4 mtr on a dive charter at the Abrohlos once, I was diving on a coral bommie with a dropoff of about 30mtrs, I was on the bottom and came around a corner and there it was just at the edge of my peripheral vision. It was a weird, surreal experience, I stayed on the bottom with my back to the ledge (to scared to move) and just watched it cruising around just far enough away to be able to see it and I sensed the whole time he was just checking me out too , strangely I didn't really feel that threatened. I still surfaced pretty fast when he'd left though and spent most of the rest of the four day charter fishing.
P.S. I've happen to have some scuba pro dive gear for sale.

desmond
WA, 72 posts
19 Jan 2008 7:35PM
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Cabron said...

Nice work on the editing... I hope you can remove all the sharks from my photos as well... what you can't see can't hurt you...i say


lol easy done only took 5 minutes, here was the real pic



Oh and The rider is Grant Bruinsma riding a Jimmy Lewis Rad F and Slingshot 9m REV shot taken by gc by a camera mounted on the strut

lex123
NSW, 511 posts
19 Jan 2008 10:22PM
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Iv seen that kyak pic before,, is that one real? hahah paddle like a american frat house

Dawn Patrol
WA, 1991 posts
19 Jan 2008 9:48PM
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Its a real picture with the canoe. When the sharks go there they dont do much eating at all. They are calm and non agressive.

greenleader
QLD, 5283 posts
20 Jan 2008 1:38AM
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echostorm
QLD, 1245 posts
20 Jan 2008 10:21AM
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greenleader said...





Is that hammer at moreton island Greenleader?



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