Holy Sharks Batman!!

**Joey Bag O' Donuts** · 07-03-2008, 01:55 PM

About 4x the amount of reports this year compared to last year in southern ca! some good reports here! enjoy the read and be safe.

http://www.sharkresearchcommittee.co...shark_news.htm

**seanpistol** · 07-04-2008, 12:14 PM

Fuck global warming and high gas prices.

**Long duc dong** · 07-04-2008, 01:15 PM

Crazy how many more there have been this year.

**seanpistol** · 07-04-2008, 01:18 PM

Yeah, I never though of Huntington as a sharky place. Guess I'm wrong.

**beaterdit** · 07-04-2008, 05:40 PM

Not really being much of a water guy, that stuff scares the shit out of me.

**Long duc dong** · 07-05-2008, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by seanpistol

Yeah, I never though of Huntington as a sharky place. Guess I'm wrong.

With lots of sightings in the 17th street and dog beach area. Right where I like to surf when I go up there.

**bossass** · 07-06-2008, 02:39 PM

Does this really have to do with global warming? Are the water temps diff. than normal in SoCal?

**Steven S. Dallas** · 07-06-2008, 07:39 PM

Originally Posted by bossass

Does this really have to do with global warming? Are the water temps diff. than normal in SoCal?

I'm no marine biologist*, but I can imagine warmer temps causing shark prey to hang out in different locations, whether because the prey's own food source has moved or because it's spawning/rooking in different places. We saw a big seal off Malibu Lagoon earlier today, which is unusual. ("Unusual" based on lineup chatter. Of course, the crowd there is a bunch of dentists and lawyers who don't know much about marine biology.)

*Or am I?

**BeanDip4All** · 07-06-2008, 09:34 PM

Originally Posted by Steven S. Dallas

I'm no marine biologist*

*Or am I?

IS ANYONE HERE A MARINE BIOLOGIST?!?!

**Camilo** · 07-06-2008, 10:18 PM

That one most of the way down - with the pictures - of the shark thrashing around on the shore is so damn surreal!

**CascadeCrudSkier** · 07-14-2008, 09:10 PM

Originally Posted by Long duc dong

Crazy how many more there have been this year.

Not only more but where they've been. Several off Trestles, Carlsbad, La Jolla and even down at Imperial Beach. Wonder how much of it is increased shark activity vs people being more aware of online reporting.

**comish** · 07-15-2008, 10:43 AM

I haven't followed the temps super closely since I can't surf currently, but from when I have checked, they seem pretty dang normal. mid-high 60's. I don't really think thats it, but who knows. There is huge water temp variability, at least on the surface, from wind and currents so it would take some real statistics to know of sure.

**Purveyor of Slack** · 07-15-2008, 11:02 AM

**Long duc dong** · 07-15-2008, 11:13 AM

Originally Posted by CascadeCrudSkier

Not only more but where they've been. Several off Trestles, Carlsbad, La Jolla and even down at Imperial Beach. Wonder how much of it is increased shark activity vs people being more aware of online reporting.

Yeah, you expect it all to be up north, but surfing down south currently has put it in the back of your mind. I never thought of the dog beach in Huntington as sharky.

I do wonder if it is more awareness of how to report activity that has changed things. There is an article in Surfing about possible reasons for increased activity.

In the past, whenever I heard about something I was always questionable on it. I never quite believed it. There was an incident in March at the dog beach in HB, where a guy got the back of his board bit. He reported that it was a white shark, and pretty much everyone called it a hoax. Then Ralph Collier, one of the worlds foremost experts on white sharks, examined the bit mark and the teeth that were left. He concluded that is was a 15 foot white shark.

Carlsbad seems really sharky lately. If you check out sharkresearchcommittee.com you will notice a number of encounters from that area. It is a great website, although I almost wish I did not know about it.