HI TO ALL MY FRIENDS HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH A SHARK TODAY IN KURNELL AT 3.51 PM , ONE GROYNE
WEST OF THE POST OFFICE , N/EASTERLY WIND , IN ABOUT SIX FEET OF WATER.
SPECIES BULL SHARK APPROX 2.5 METERS IN LENGTH........ STATUS RELIEVED IT WASN,T HUNGRY
CAUSE IT DOSE NOT GET ANY CLOSER THAN THIS..GUESS ITS NOT MY TIME...... ANYWAY KEEP A LOOK
OUT BECAUSE ITS BEEN SEEN HERE VERY REGULAR........HAPPY SAILING.......
A dog was taken yesterday at Kurnell, and I saw a baby 2 footer up at Kyeemagh yesterday
www.theleader.com.au/story/4495880/shark-takes-dog-at-bonna-point-kurnell/
The jelly blubbers that were missing from the bay from about the time of the decal plant construction are back with a vengeance too.
Could be the warmer than usual water this summer?
Are there any workable shark deterrents windsurfers can wear? Too many seen in lake Macquarie lately including a 4.2m great white who hangs around.
Select to expand quotesboardcrazy said..
Are there any workable shark deterrents windsurfers can wear? Too many seen in lake Macquarie lately including a 4.2m great white who hangs around.
Yeh, don't drop your gybes.
Seriously, even if you do drop your gybe, a windsurfer is rarely in the water for longer than about 10 to 15 seconds. Not really long enough for a shark to size you up and have a go at you.
I can't recall any attacks on windsurfers in Australia
Select to expand quotesboardcrazy said..
Are there any workable shark deterrents windsurfers can wear? Too many seen in lake Macquarie lately including a 4.2m great white who hangs around.
You're better off just giving up. Stop sailing.
Select to expand quoteJohn340 said..sboardcrazy said..
Are there any workable shark deterrents windsurfers can wear? Too many seen in lake Macquarie lately including a 4.2m great white who hangs around.
Yeh, don't drop your gybes.
Seriously, even if you do drop your gybe, a windsurfer is rarely in the water for longer than about 10 to 15 seconds. Not really long enough for a shark to size you up and have a go at you.
I can't recall any attacks on windsurfers in Australia
bring a knife or screwdriver with you
Select to expand quoteJohn340 said..sboardcrazy said..
Are there any workable shark deterrents windsurfers can wear? Too many seen in lake Macquarie lately including a 4.2m great white who hangs around.
Yeh, don't drop your gybes.
Seriously, even if you do drop your gybe, a windsurfer is rarely in the water for longer than about 10 to 15 seconds. Not really long enough for a shark to size you up and have a go at you.
I can't recall any attacks on windsurfers in Australia
I'm pretty sure a south Australian windsurfer was taken by shark off a beach in SA in the mid 90s
Select to expand quotebenyip said..John340 said..sboardcrazy said..
Are there any workable shark deterrents windsurfers can wear? Too many seen in lake Macquarie lately including a 4.2m great white who hangs around.
Yeh, don't drop your gybes.
Seriously, even if you do drop your gybe, a windsurfer is rarely in the water for longer than about 10 to 15 seconds. Not really long enough for a shark to size you up and have a go at you.
I can't recall any attacks on windsurfers in Australia
bring a knife or screwdriver with you
Is there 'a never bring a knife to a gun fight' joke in here somewhere!
Select to expand quoteJohn340 said..sboardcrazy said..
Are there any workable shark deterrents windsurfers can wear? Too many seen in lake Macquarie lately including a 4.2m great white who hangs around.
Yeh, don't drop your gybes.
Hehe, 30+ knot southerly forecast this weekend, I think I may get wet.
When we had the same wind a couple of weekends ago, the 1.5 metre rollers coming from all directions certainly compromised my gybe technique.
sharks don't like the rough stuff so just get in there and enjoy the conditions while they last. 
Sharks are opportunistic feeders. The amount of bull sharks in and around Sydney is at record levels. They are tracked in all of Sydney's water ways. If you think of the odds like John340 said that if you are water starting your chances of being attacked are minimal then think of the poor girl wakeboarding off Jimmy's Beach in Port Stephens. She fell, was waiting for the boat to come around and was smashed by a Great White.
Yeah, I know that's a known white hot spot but with the amount of fish around the odds aren't all that good.
What are the odds of actually seeing a shark let alone getting close to one, a bloody lot higher these days. Sheartip nearly bisected one at Kyeemagh. A dog was taken off Bonna Pt at Kurnell last weekend swimming shallow water. They are around.
Its a risk all water users take, just don't poo poo the facts.
Select to expand quoteka43 said..
... wakeboarding off Jimmy's Beach in Port Stephens.
There is also a pinger (shark attractor) just outside of Port Stephens heads, for all the divers.
Back in the day if you caught a big shark and had it hung up at the jetty you were a hero, nowadays if you did that you'd probably end up in gaol or at least much poorer than before your fishing trip.
Dunno why it's fine to catch & eat fish like bream or flatheads but killing a shark puts you down at the same moral level as Pol Pot.
Select to expand quoteMobydisc said..
Dunno why it's fine to catch & eat fish like bream or flatheads but killing a shark puts you
publications.csiro.au/rpr/download?pid=procite:1d0d13e5-7a60-4e65-be78-636e6f2dd22e&dsid=DS1
They've no doubt studied flathead. That the females of that species don't need to reach 5 metres in length before they reproduce might have something to do with it.
Select to expand quoteMobydisc said..
Back in the day if you caught a big shark and had it hung up at the jetty you were a hero, nowadays if you did that you'd probably end up in gaol or at least much poorer than before your fishing trip.
Dunno why it's fine to catch & eat fish like bream or flatheads but killing a shark puts you down at the same moral level as Pol Pot.
Size matters Moby. There's less guilt killing smaller things.
It's ironic- it's the over-fishing of these smaller inshore species -like mullet, tailor, bream, blackfish etc, that have partially increased shark attacks- sharks have gotta eat. And add to this the ban on killing white pointers (been over 10 years now), and the guilt of dragging a solid whaler shark up the gantry, and you have a combo that is sure to see shark attacks increase.
But the fact is, more people die from falling coconuts than shark attacks...
After spending nearly 30 years floating on a surfboard at dawn and dusk, riding a sailboard feels as safe as sitting on the deck of a cruise liner.
A shark attack is violent and gruesome
This fear factor outweighs any rational statistical analysis.
Won't stop me sailing but anyone who says it doesn't enter their thoughts when water starting in sharky waters isn't being honest.
Select to expand quotesick_em_rex said..sboardcrazy said..
Are there any workable shark deterrents windsurfers can wear? Too many seen in lake Macquarie lately including a 4.2m great white who hangs around.
You're better off just giving up. Stop sailing.
Dont listen to Rexi Sue! He's a nice bloke but just a little bit simple with alternatives.. Just hang at Budge with the mullet and smugglers. Join our team as well we are a lovely bunch 
Select to expand quoteMehore said..sick_em_rex said..sboardcrazy said..
Are there any workable shark deterrents windsurfers can wear? Too many seen in lake Macquarie lately including a 4.2m great white who hangs around.
You're better off just giving up. Stop sailing.
Dont listen to Rexi Sue! He's a nice bloke but just a little bit simple with alternatives.. Just hang at Budge with the mullet and smugglers. Join our team as well we are a lovely bunch
This is why we need red thumbs!!!!
Select to expand quoteMehore said..sick_em_rex said..sboardcrazy said..
Are there any workable shark deterrents windsurfers can wear? Too many seen in lake Macquarie lately including a 4.2m great white who hangs around.
You're better off just giving up. Stop sailing.
Dont listen to Rexi Sue! He's a nice bloke but just a little bit simple with alternatives.. Just hang at Budge with the mullet and smugglers. Join our team as well we are a lovely bunch
Seriously Mick!!! This is a windsurfing forum. The sport revolves around water. If individuals don't like or are scared of what is in the water stay out of it! What more 'simple alternative' can be better??? Should I have said wear a tin foil hat maybe? Would that appease you? Maybe a chain link suit of armour? The idiocy is in the question, not my blunt answer.
I know that Jason in Gerroa wears something around his ankle to deter sharks, maybe you can ask him, some time ago that device was pretty big and had a sort of antenna, impractical for windsurfing, but now is as small as a gps
Select to expand quoteWaiting4wind said..
sharks don't like the rough stuff so just get in there and enjoy the conditions while they last.
You'll notice it is perfectly calm just a few centimetres under the rough stuff.
This is traditionally the time of year the sharks are most active in the estuaries.
Select to expand quoteevlPanda said..Waiting4wind said..
sharks don't like the rough stuff so just get in there and enjoy the conditions while they last.
You'll notice it is perfectly calm just a few centimetres under the rough stuff.
Only kidding!!!
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Warning ..... next poor taste jokes coming up...
Let me know when you have the kiddies in the water they should provide a good distraction for shark.....
And you all know how the word shark was constructed....
First time a swimmer spotted one approaching, exclaimed.... shi..t. fu...k which in shear terror come out as... 'shark'...
Enough with the bad jokes... I'm going sailing...
