I'm a very experienced diver (4000+ dives for work) and on Mon when I was kiting 50 mtrs straight out from the pier I missed a big fin which took off like lightning when I got a couple of meters away. Now this wasn't a dolphin and I'm guessing a bully (as i have seen a few before) I'm taking a punt it was 2 mtrs or just over.
Has anyone heard of sharks at sandgate? I'm not exactly scared of them but I did have it in the back of my mind for the day..
Yes, there were two seen on monday and two or three on tuesday. Only small ones but no doubt there are bigger ones. Seems like the shark population is growing unfortunately.
With Cabbage Tree Creek at Shorncliffe and The Pine Rivers at Hasting Inlet (Brighton), Bramble Bay has always had penty of Noahs out there looking for food.
Back in the day when there was only a hand full of us kiting Brighton/Sandgate we would occassionally see small to large size Bull , Shovel Nose and the odd decent size Tiger shark when riding, at the time we were more worried about the thousands of Stingrays that call Brighton/Sandgate home 
, the beach at low tide had more craters than the moon 
It could always be worse, we could have the Blue Blubber jelly fish swarms that fill the bay they seem to be missing in action this year
Been seeing more than I'd like to down the southdide too, mainly Bully's around 1mtr long but bodydragging not fun anymore. There was an a front pager in last weeks local rag about our "shark infested harbour" ...
Yeap we get sharks sighting reports all the time when I was patrolling the Redcliffe area. Most are from trawlers who are returning with a full catch load behind their boats. Sharks are everywhere, but shark attacks are very very very rare especially in Brisbane. My advice -
1/. Do not kite at sunrise/sunset - that's sharks meals time
2/. Do not kite near canals/river mouths - that's where they come in and out!
After big rain the big guys come in close to river mouths. All other times their are heaps of bulls, if you look enough you see them jump and spin.
When kiting first started in the area they would swim up to us and take a look I think they may be a bit more shy with the crowds.
Be more concerned by the rays.
2 years ago my next door neighbour caught a 8 ft tiger 100m off the end of the Shorncliffe jetty.
And 5 years ago a fisherman landed a 13 ft tiger at the compass adjustment mark with is out off Nudgee towards the mouth of the Brisbane River ,2 days earlier we cartwheeled our catamaran there and had a nice 5 min swim around.They towed it to the boat ramp at Shorncliffe and cut its guts open ,unbelievable full of beer bottles and garbage bags ect.
Its the ocean... sharks live there... no suprise right? no point worrying abut it though, you are more likely to be taken out by a bad driver on the way to the beach than by seafood at the beach its-self!
My son and i were kiting in the southerly on saturday at shorncliffe and he crossed paths with a fin that was out of the water about 20cm. It was a fair way out and he didnt hang around to find out how big the shark was but it shows that the bigger ones are around there. You cant get too worried about seeing them cause yes its there water and if they really wanted you they would have you.
