just heard a big bull shark was spotted this afternoon 50 meters off the western end of crayfish creek beach . Pretty much exactly the spot I sit catching waves for 3 to 4 hours most of my free weekends . Few weeks back my home beach here at Penguin was closed due to a big white pointer hanging around . Earlier this week a 4 meter white point circled a boat off Burnie .White pointer was in the Devonport River mouth - the most popular surf spot on the Northwest
Not sure what is going on - but either the ecosystem out in the ocean has changed and big shark numbers in close are definitely on the increase .
Or maybe people are more shark conscious and are reporting all their sightings . Hoping that's the case .
20 years ago that surfer would see that bullshark and tell a few of his mates Today he sees the shark he still tells his mates they all whack it on face book, text, seabreeze to everyone they know alll of a sudden eveyone in the Southern hemisphere knows there was a fkin bull shark at crayfish beach where ever the hell that is
booffy have you been on that cheep plonk
tas your just not cutting it
basically you need to post shark graphs or pimp some lame shark shielding device to be taken serious around here
….why lame….. "its never been worn by ANY human in the water near a GWS"
when it is ,i will stand corrected .
until then i call placebo.
www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/city-beach-floreat-and-cottesloe-beaches-closed-after-separate-shark-sightings-ng-287294710389369eb6491caeb68fe415
hello old friend..........3 metres twenty-25 year old shark 3.5-4 metres 30-40 + years............
y Tassie wasnt meaning to be disrespectful just pointing out with todays technology and social media we are exposed to so much information and scaremongering Im sure Crayfish Beach is a beautiful spot
Yes Cobra I did have half a dozen Canadian Club Drys under my belt
The whole thing is just a media beat up because they have nothing interesting or credible to write about... The sharks have always been there and its their territory, they are coming closer to shore but thats due to greedy humans depleting their home not only of food but also the environment to cultivate the entirety of the food chain. Mass over fishing is bad but now the F@cking yuppies also decide they need krill oil and chitosan to offset their all the bad sh1t they consume and these are the basis nutrients that the start of the food chain rely on...
Anyway, if you want to be scared of being killed by an animal then you ACTUALLY should statistically be more scared of Dogs, Bees, Cows, Ants, Horses, Mosquitos etc etc Sharks are way way waaaaaay down at the bottom of the list, i think its the idea of the unseen that makes people fearful of sharks... in fact statistically you should be more scared of falling coconuts, lunch, champagne corks, vending machines and beds as statistically these are more likely to kill you
f ck stats andy,there is more chance of getting wacked by a shark on the nsw nth coast than being hit by lightning,fact.
thats why the surf at noosa is full of brisso's and i mean full
Well maybe we need to educate these Shark friends to start thinning out the Hipters and Sups for us
And besides, once the Adani coal mine opens most of the sea life on that coast is F@cked anyway
just heard the finer details of the crayfish creek shark spotting - couple of blokes out surfing when a group of seals swam past them . Next thing surprise , surprise a 3 meter shark came through chasing the seals . There is a big seal colony just around the corner
lesson to be learnt if you see a group of seals swim past get out of the water
they think their ok,got all the moves,just not many manners,i think they were surfing your spot before they turn to us.
Its not the beds its the inhabitants that kill you Come to bed Lacey I promise I wont kill you but I dont like the little dogs chances
Haha, sorry but not quite... not everyone encounters horses, bees, dogs, beds, etc either
Soooooo, you would actually have to then measure time of exposure vs instance of attack/fatality... i.e. time in the water vs attacks and then compare that to time spent walking around coconut trees vs split heads etc etc
I agree they are on the increase but the number is still pretty small, i'm way more fearful of the idiot in the car next to me than the elusive shark.
I would also point out that the REAL solution is to stop polluting, ravaging and destroying the environment and then the ecosystem can return to balance and the sharks can go back to eating stuff they actually like... ... like Hipers and SUPS... well you gotta have hope right