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08-29-2011, 03:41 PM | #46 |
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Re: Catalina Great White Shark attack caught on video!!!
tailsurfer why did you delete your abalone thread?
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08-29-2011, 04:23 PM | #48 | |
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08-29-2011, 05:46 PM | #49 | |
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Well then that is one scary ass Mako.
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YES! In the face - YouTubeAnd I still think it would be a little scary to see a huge shark like that destroying a sea lion. No matter how much I want those things eradicated. |
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08-29-2011, 05:48 PM | #51 |
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The Mods did, I'll have it back up soon... some video should be up by tonight.
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08-29-2011, 11:53 PM | #52 |
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Re: Catalina Great White Shark attack caught on video!!!
Typical west end action...that is why the hair always stands up on my neck when diving bluewater outside the point....
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08-30-2011, 01:11 AM | #53 |
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Re: Catalina Great White Shark attack caught on video!!!
I had this video in the back of my mind today every time I reached the outside edge of the kelp and the ledge dropped off real steep into the blue... No monster hungry makos seen over there today though. Wooo
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08-30-2011, 02:29 AM | #54 |
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Hi J.B! Thanks for posting the vid's.
I had fun reading the comments. And also glad to see I'm not the only one who wasn't 100% sure if it was a GW or Mako, even after 30 years on the water and even though I was close enough to touch it when it was biting my bait receiver. Like one poster said, "it is very hard to tell at that size". The video I shot last week was almost EXACTLY where the Truline footage was shot last year and THAT (Truline) shark is clearly a big mako. Same shark? Who knows? A little more back story: It was Saturday, August 20th, 2011. I made three dives that day. One directly inside of the attack area, but way in by the kelp line. I also dove Eagle rock and another one tight to the kelp inside Eagle Rock. I didn't have my gun with me that day, as I was targeting something that doesn't swim. There were 4 or 5 spearo's in a Grady White also diving the kelp line just to the west of where the attack occurred. The last guy was just getting out of the water when the shark hit the sea lion for the first time about 100' behind my boat. I was putting away my gear when the shark hit for the first time. It did not attack from the surface. It came rocketing out of the water with the sea lion in its mouth and then turned and took another 20# bite out of the sea lion. The video (part 1) shows the third strike. The way it hit reminded me of that footage you see from South Africa of the GW's breaching on sea lions. Also, the huge circular bites (missing chunks of meat) that I saw made me think GW too. I always thought Mako teeth were made for grabbing and shaking, but I guess when they get that size they can bite clean through a medium sized sea lion like the ones in West Cove. I was also influenced by the lack of copepods, but I guess when a Mako gets that size even copepods are afraid of them. Aussie: I know it is common place these days to swim with big sharks, but I am confident that in this instance a diver would have been bitten. The shark was (obviously) exhibiting very aggressive posture and was (obviously) hunting. I think the only reason it didn't get the second sea lion was, it had lost the element of surprise and it was slowed down (a bit) by the 50 or 60 pounds of meat already in its belly. A human can't swim like a sea lion and would have been bitten for sure. I would like to see a video of you trying though... I did jump in the water at the same spot later that night to try and ward off the jitters or "jump back on the horse", so to speak. But I was in for less than a minute. Anyhow, it would seem that this type of attack by this size shark is a pretty common occurrence. It has to happen a 1000 times more when no humans or video cameras are there to witness it. I was laughing when I went to post my stuff on YouTube and there were already 5 other videos of the same thing at almost the same spot. I thought I had one-of-a-kind footage... |
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Nice Marc... What were you diving for? scallops? bug scouting?
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08-31-2011, 01:19 AM | #56 |
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Around the corner at Parsons, a female scuba diver got some great video footage of a big great white coming straight at her camera..she kept filiming...that is the kind of gal you want at your back!
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08-31-2011, 02:03 AM | #57 |
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Nice footage.
Looks like a huge Mako to me. |
08-31-2011, 11:22 AM | #58 |
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Where's this footage at? please tell me she put it on youtube or vimeo.
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08-31-2011, 02:31 PM | #59 |
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(Flashback) Bad memories, glad the GWS gave me a chance to see her before the attack, I do know you usually don't expect seeing a GWS until after the first attack. Definitely a big Mako!
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08-31-2011, 03:11 PM | #60 |
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Re: Catalina Great White Shark attack caught on video!!!
Sharks?!? In the ocean?!? Surely you jest. They are land based animals.
at least that's what I tell myself when I'm swimming around here.
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