Official GWS Thread

Never, ever

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http://www.sharkmitigation.com/field-testing.html

http://www.ksbw.com/news/great-white-shark-warning-sign-posted-at-marina-state-beach/31720858

Sean R. van Sommeran posted this on his FB page this week... doing air observations by the beached whale carcass
"we call this one 'chop', its has lopped off upper tail section and we can recognize it from the air, we've seen this one quite a few times over the seasons. Its a good one"

aprox 5 meters "robust proportions"

This picture just gives me the willies

Ariel shots get a sense how big the predator really is.   

This famous picture was a real picture taken around African water.

Local News has a Shark Warning for Marina Beach after surfers watched an approx "18 foot" GWS pursue and consume a sea lion on Monday 3/9/15

From PCSN   

http://sharkresearchcommittee.com/pacific_coast_shark_news.htm

Santa Cruz      —    On March 5, 2015 Wendi Zuccaro and her Mother, Pat Brandhorst were shopping on the Boardwalk Pier in Santa Cruz. It was 12:20 PM under a windless clear sky with an estimated air temperature of 67 degrees Fahrenheit. The ocean was choppy with good water visibility and large kelps present in the area. There were 80 – 100 pinnipeds present swimming at surface, diving down and heading to rest and feed under the pier. Zuccaro reported;  “My mother and I were looking out a window from a shop on the Boardwalk Pier when we noticed a large seal, about 6 or 7 feet in length, swimming at the surface. We saw what appeared to be a dorsal sticking fully out of the water behind the seal and to its right side about 10 – 15 yards. As the seal swam by us at the window, it did not seem to notice anything stalking it and just kept swimming at the surface at a slow, but regular pace, almost as if it was ‘cruising around.' When it passed by, the full size, shape and view of the shark could be seen following it. The shark was about10 feet long, first dorsal about 1 1/2 feet long, a grey body with white showing under the snout, black eyes, sleek but full body, very aware of the surrounding. We watched this stalking behavior for just less than 2 minutes. Suddenly, the shark made a sharp right turn heading directly under the pier which allowed the seal to continue on, even though I doubt the seal ever noticed its presence. We left the shop and alerted the patrol office on the pier who said they were going to send a jet ski out in ‘a few minutes' to look into the matter, but didn't seemed concerned at all even though there were swimmers, kayaks, and surfers in the area. That was at 1230 hrs. We left the pier and headed to the point to watch the surfers and noticed a large number of birds had arrived at the end of the pier and at the water surface and were feeding on ‘something.' We kept an eye out for the patrol to go out and look around. At 1445 hrs, they sent a truck out to Cowell's Beach and a boat to investigate the exact area we specified. At this point, all the birds that had gathered to feed were all gone.” Please report any shark sighting, encounter, or attack to the Shark Research Committee.

A few months ago I made up this spreadsheet cataloging the info from the Shark Research Committee. I took out names and other information, and have everything set to sort by date, activity, county. Feel free to add in information, including encounters that aren't included in the. I think I made it so it's publicly editable.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsDZD6HrodCmdHMwNEVNaEI2M2ZpRktoaG5hUUVQcEE&usp=drive_web#gid=0

I just updated the sheet with my "incident".

We should have wrote them about our account.

We should have wrote them about our account.

It's never too late, fool!

There was an article somewhere, I don't remember where though.

Didn't know there was a thread on this...

I had a sighting about three weeks ago off Coral Street. Saw it about 15 feet away from me. I was in about 45' of water and saw it above and to the right of me. About 16'-18'.

Probably not related to the one that was spotted at Marina last week, although the size is about the same.

This picture just gives me the willies

Ariel shots get a sense how big the predator really is.   

This famous picture was a real picture taken around African water.

That shark is approx 15- 20 ft in front of the yak in the pic giving it the "Fish Sniffer" effect.
Big shark yes but probably closer to the size of the yak.

yeah good call it is perspective enhanced for sure..... my concern is not seeing one surface swimming/inspecting the kayaks or seals...so much as having one you never see do the i.b.m launch on a yak....
seeing one is one thing..swimming with one in a flash and having the yak ripped from under my ass is no beuno
and I would hope this does not happen...I would have a stroke right there i bet 

Heres the only pick I was able to shoot. He was thrashing a seal..