foreigneRS

on ch5 now

there's a surfer in s. africa that was attacked by 2 great whites caught on camera they go for him together, but the first one grabs his board in it's mouth that knocks him flying so the other one misses him as well. how lucky?

but then he was targeted again later on.

and then again out of about 40 surfers in the water

why does the idiot keep going out there?

i hope to be going to s.africa in the new year. would love to go and see some great whites. ideally down in one of those cages, like a mate of mine has done. you can also do that off the coasts of cornwall, but generally not for great whites, although a programme that i saw a couple of weeks ago investigated the possibility that there have been several sightings and attacks on seals off the british coast lately

Harris.

They attack him because he goes for a slash why he's out there !!!!

foreigneRS

not just once either, about 5 or 6 usually!!!!!!!!!

what the hell does he drink?

Carlsworth

i fucking love sharks...

i had one as a pet, but it soon died,....

not sure why, i mean, i did have it in the bath.....



serious though,...

there have been patterns forming to suggest that the sharks are hunting in packs when USUALLY they hunt alone....

due to the amount of surfers in oz, africa etc etc,...

some have even followed and forced surfers out to sea so they have less chance of escape

Richie.

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went in July 2004 on the very boat that's on the programme, Predator 2







The best Ł100 i've ever spent. Had an amazing day and they are beautiful animals, so graceful but shockingly quick when they shoot off

Harris.

You got bigger bollox than me m8, i cant even watch them on the tv,only great whites tho ...............................My other half just scrolled through the pics to make sure there wasnt one that would shit me up

Richie.

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foreigneRS

B9KOS you lucky git. i'd easy pay that for the experience

EDIT: who did you do it with?

http://www.sharkwatchsouthafrica.com/dive.htm were used by steve irwin. crikey

trouble is, i'll be at springbok which is about 5 hours north of cape town, and shark alley is 2 hours south of cape town. january is low season as well, so less chance of seeing anything.

think i'll have to see how i like SA, and plan another holiday there in the summer and go see me some sharks

tregmatt

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fuck that i dont like goldfish never mind sharks

Richie.

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Nick it was well worth the journey Left Cape Town at 0515 which was made worse by not getting in till 0330 Like you say it was a 3 hour drive in a VW camper to get there

With it being the peak season in June/July the trips get booked up very quickly, so bear that in mind when you go. I'm planning on going back and taking my brother with me for his 40th.( 5 years away still though ).

Harris.

Think it was JAWS that done it for me, as a kid i remember not wanting to sit on the loo after watching that (just incase it poped up)

Richie.

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Went with http://www.unrealdive.com/

Very professional and well organised with food and drink supplied aswell

foreigneRS

B9KOS saved to favourites

one day i hope to go

Richie.

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Good luck mate

They all run from the same little slipway. Its based around conservation which is good. The guy in charge has been on Discovery Channel free diving with them

Harris.

HE must be out his mind................................

OldSkoolRS

I've got family in SA so am lucky enough to have the opportunity for a once a year jolly if I want.
This year I spent a week in Cape Town before going to see them in Pretoria.

I did the shark dive and with my girlfriend's brother, its fair to say I shat myself!!!! It was an awesome experience which was well worth the money.

This year I also went up to Kruger park and spent a few days on safari which was possibly the best thing that I have ever done!!
I definitely recommend it!!!!

CosRush

Awesome Rich ......On my 'to do' list...........

Here s a big fella caught in Oz............check out the stats.......

Harris.

jbrayley

I have just come back from the Maldives. Done some snorkling and saw some reef sharks, but imagine that fucker swimming past

SS1

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thats a litte one ....remember the film jaws...and the ship owner quint

it was based on this man ...

http://www.fmundus.com/



THIS IS THE HEAD OF THE BIGGEST GREAT WHITE EVER CAUGHT ON A LINE ..

xr-stu

used to go down to cornwall to visit family friends alot when i was younger, used to go and dive off the habour wall at port issac, snorkel, generally fuck about in the water. on day a fishing boat came in and told us that a great white had been spotted in padstow which is about 1-2miles roudn the coast. we thought he was just bullshitting to scare us, which worked although we didnt really think it was true..... but it was in the news the next day, had been a fair few siting

swimming in port issac has NEVER been the same since

id love to do a dive in one of those cages, would be totally shitting myself though!

CosRush

3,427 lb

The one I posted above is not far off twice the size of that

Largest record specimen was caught off Cube in 1945, measured around 6m in length. There's many stores of massive great whites but little in the way of proof to back up such claims of very large ones. Most of the really large ones were fished out during the 'Jaws' period.

Ironically it is the Females that are always bigger than the males

SS1

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CosRush

yes but the picture i put up it was caught on a "ROD AND REEL"

The 3,427 lb White Shark: The Largest Fish On Rod and Reel

This shark was a little over 17 feet long and took us an hour and forty minutes to put the first gaff into it and then, after struggling for another hour, we finally got the fish secured with a tail rope, and dragged it home behind the boat.
Back at the dock at midnight, it took us another three or four hours to weigh in the fish, take photos and put him on a bed of ice for the night at Montauk Marine Basin. This picture shows where we brought him out in the morning to be examined by National Marine Fisheries Service scientists Jack Casey, Wes Pratt and their crew from the lab at Narragansett, Rhode Island.


Photo Copyright Š 2000 Frank Mundus. All Rights Reserved


love shark stuff got both his books a very intresting read ...

the sharks head in the picture " is now in a public house on the wall "

its called big daddy

ive got a set of great white jaws ..only small but they fit over my head ..

illegal to sell them now... will dig them out later post a picture up ..

the teeth that rack up behind when one falls out is unreal

there is about 5 sets just ready to fall into the gap

CosRush

Big on a reel granted

I remember watching a programme years ago when they caught one of the big ones.

They carried out the usual autopsy to record its feeding habits and in its stomach they found half a Blue shark and a 12 foot Dolphin........Whole

SS1

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CosRush

got some awsome pictures on a disk somewhere ..

a shark hanging from a crane on the back deck of a boat and a great white with a open mouth trying to swallow it ..

the shark hanging is about 7 feet long the picture is unreal

most of the biggest gws are now found in the red triangle ..

off the Farallon Islands...as you said the biggest are the females ...

some real big ones there

will post up the pics later

foreigneRS

not nice to see such magnificent creatures like that

whale and shark fishing is not something that i particularly like

CosRush

I agree 100%............JAWS has a lot to answer for in relation to sharks especially the Great White. A truly magnificant creature IMO in its own enviroment.

Stu @ M Developments

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Nor me, leave the fookers alone!!

Thrush

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One of my little dreams is to one day go to somewhere like S.Africa and do a cage dive with Great Whites

CosRush

Me too...........