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Old 27 August 2011, 10:08 AM   #1
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Icon4 We gotta Great White shark cruisin our shoreline !

Anyways, they sighted a 14 inch wide fin and they've closed the beach from tower 13 to tower 18, so if ya wanna go swim, maybe better try the Cove or the "Childrens Pool"



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Old 27 August 2011, 10:36 AM   #2
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Randy- I never realized you were from Encinitas! Very cool...I am from Redondo Beach and family is in Cardiff. Love Encinitas!! Juanitas Carne Asada Burritos my favorite! Fidels in Solana Beach my favorite sit down!! Be safe out there- no surfing this weekend unless you surfing Hospitals as no big shark getting by that table top reef!
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Old 27 August 2011, 10:39 AM   #3
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Randy- I never realized you were from Encinitas! Very cool...I am from Redondo Beach and family is in Cardiff. Love Encinitas!! Juanitas Carne Asada Burritos my favorite! Fidels in Solana Beach my favorite sit down!! Be safe out there- no surfing this weekend unless you surfing Hospitals as no big shark getting by that table top reef!
Nope, no surfin, snorklin, or any other activities involving endangering my -only- OYSTER PERPETUAL Franken
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Old 27 August 2011, 10:56 AM   #4
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Come on guy's....It's only a shark!!!!!

Here is a pick of me with that very same predator patrolling your waters!!
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Old 27 August 2011, 11:14 AM   #5
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Great shot Rob!!! No fear!!
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Old 27 August 2011, 11:27 AM   #6
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Great shot Rob!!! No fear!!
There was a little!!!:th umbsup:
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Old 27 August 2011, 11:49 AM   #7
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That looks like a Sand Tiger Shark which is much different than a Great White. I dove the Benson an upside down tanker off the coast of North Carolina and ran into a couple of those guys inside the wreck and with all those teeth and them being cornered I was having visions of Jaws. There are so many of them that hang around the wreck that you can swim along the keel and pick up their teeth for a souvenir.
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Old 27 August 2011, 12:06 PM   #8
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I was going to cage dive with some great whites a few years ago. The wife was a little opposed to that plan. I still regret not going though, it wasn't cheap, but probably worth it for the pure strangeness of it.
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I get the chills whenever I see those things. I've done the pansy version scuba diving with the sharks in the Bahamas (pretty cool, about 50 or so came in for the feeding our guide did), but there's no way I could jump in knowing one of those was down there!

Maybe when I was younger...I'm older, wiser, and lost all my desire to be scared.
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Old 27 August 2011, 02:05 PM   #10
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Nurse sharks and Hammerheads are one thing. A Great White is and entire different thing. Stay out of the water Randy!!!


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Old 27 August 2011, 02:08 PM   #11
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Old 27 August 2011, 02:12 PM   #12
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How long after a sighting should you stay clear of the water? I ask b/c I'm going to be down in San Diego (rented a house on Mission Beach) in a couple of weekends with a group of buddies, and a number of the guys were going to try surfing. If no further shark sightings occur in the next couple of weeks, is it "relatively" safe?
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Old 27 August 2011, 06:47 PM   #13
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Whats the problem, just go for a swim. A friend of mine just paid big $ to hand feed Tiger sharks while diving in Fiji. They looked so gentle on the video he showed me
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Old 27 August 2011, 07:40 PM   #14
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How long after a sighting should you stay clear of the water? I ask b/c I'm going to be down in San Diego (rented a house on Mission Beach) in a couple of weekends with a group of buddies, and a number of the guys were going to try surfing. If no further shark sightings occur in the next couple of weeks, is it "relatively" safe?
Possible Great White in the area & your buddies are thinking of surfing after a few weeks !! Brave guys
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Old 27 August 2011, 09:58 PM   #15
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You left coasters are soft. Soft.

We've been swimming with great whites for years over here on cape cod. Some have even trained the sharks to do tricks like flipper the dolphin.
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get a cage and take a swim!
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get a cage and take a swim!
Man I would love to do this!! As I have no dive experience the extent of my real life shark dive experience has been limited to the sharks deep dive at Sea World in orlando. Their is a couple Sand Tigers in there and they are a little intimidating but what a cool experience to get to dive (in a cage) with these awsome creatures. I loved it, it was a birthday gift from my fiance! I knew she was a keeper I recommend it to anyone who has a desire to dive with sharks but does not know how to dive.
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Old 28 August 2011, 02:43 AM   #18
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I'm actually shaking just seeing those pictures, Still haven't got over Jaws which i saw 20+years ago
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Old 28 August 2011, 02:51 AM   #19
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I'm actually shaking just seeing those pictures, Still haven't got over Jaws which i saw 20+years ago
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Old 28 August 2011, 04:25 AM   #20
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Man I would love to do this!! As I have no dive experience the extent of my real life shark dive experience has been limited to the sharks deep dive at Sea World in orlando. Their is a couple Sand Tigers in there and they are a little intimidating but what a cool experience to get to dive (in a cage) with these awsome creatures. I loved it, it was a birthday gift from my fiance! I knew she was a keeper I recommend it to anyone who has a desire to dive with sharks but does not know how to dive.
You don't need experience for a cage dive. It is not even avreal dive as you don't really go beneath the surface.
I tried an indoor aquarium once and it was fun but it is no substitute for the real stuff. Sharks are amazing.
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You don't need experience for a cage dive. It is not even avreal dive as you don't really go beneath the surface.
I tried an indoor aquarium once and it was fun but it is no substitute for the real stuff. Sharks are amazing.
I just noticed in that last pic the people dont have scuba gear on! I thought the only way to do this was to be a cert. diver whoa! I am looking into this.....so gonna do this within the next few years!
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So according to this thread its not safe to swim even with a Rolex!
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Old 29 August 2011, 12:36 AM   #23
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So according to this thread its not safe to swim even with a Rolex!
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Whats the problem, just go for a swim. A friend of mine just paid big $ to hand feed Tiger sharks while diving in Fiji. They looked so gentle on the video he showed me
The problem with hand feeding tiger sharks is that you only have two hands to feed them..
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The problem with hand feeding tiger sharks is that you only have two hands to feed them..
Ya mean you only get two times at it to feed the sharkees, so after the first time then "ones" alls ya got left; is this because you only have two hands? Well, whattabout if ya bring a friend along, then you got two more times, right?
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