Tag: Sharks
Think its safe to Surf On The Gold Coast? Think Again..

A 2.3m great white shark washed ashore at Mermaid Beach on the Gold Coast. October 16, 2008 (You wont catch me surfing out there!)
Monster Shark Menaces Gold Coast Beach in Australia, Copter Chases Monster Away
'largest seen in over two years' Locals Say
Large Shark Terrorizes Gold Coast Beach in Australia, Helicopter Chases Monster Menace Out To Sea. A SHARK described as the ‘largest seen in over two years’ forced the evacuation of the water off a Gold Coast beach this morning…
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Gold Coast surfers stalked by sharks, Nothing new..
AS Gold Coast Surfers sat waiting for the perfect wave at Greenmount yesterday, they were blissfully unaware of the danger beneath.
What would you do for ratings? 60 Minutes Cooper Swims with Great White Sharks
CNN's Anderson Cooper joins "The Sharkman" on " 60 Minutes" for an unprotected swim with the ocean's most feared predator.
Gold Coast Aerial-Surveillance Aircrafts
Jet Skis Can Spot Sharks...
TWO hammerhead sharks have been spotted at Rainbow Bay
The pair of 2m sharks were spotted by the Gold Coast City Council’s new Lifeguards Marine Watch aerial-surveillance aircrafts. The planes circled the pair about 60m from the water to confirm their suspicions, then notified the lifeguard towers.
Gold Coast Aerial-Surveillance Aircrafts & Jet Skis Can Spot Sharks
TWO hammerhead sharks have been spotted at Rainbow Bay
The pair of 2m sharks were spotted by the Gold Coast City Council’s new Lifeguards Marine Watch aerial-surveillance aircrafts. The planes circled the pair about 60m from the water to confirm their suspicions, then notified the lifeguard towers. WOW…
UPDATE: Hundreds of Sharks Spotted One Day After Fatal Kite Surfer Attack

Palm Beach Florida USA
One day after a fatal shark attack in Martin County, schools of sharks were seen off Palm Beach. There were easily more than a hundred in the water off Reef Road Thursday morning… Hammerheads along with spinners, reef, and bull sharks are very common off south Florida this time of year. They follow schools of migrating fish along the Florida coastline.
Experienced Kite Surfer killed by Gang of Sharks Off Florida Coast
" I've been here 25 years.. this is the first shark-related fatality we've seen"

Kite Surfer Attacked by Pack of Sharks
A Florida man was killed by sharks in a rare fatal attack this afternoon in the waters off Stuart Florida. Stephen Howard Schafer, 38, of Stuart was kite surfing south of Stuart Beach about 4:15 p.m.
A HORRIFIED Twitter User Posts as ‘Dinosaur Huge’ Shark Eats Man
We were swimming only about 15m away from the guy..
A HORRIFIED Twitter user tweeted the moment a tourist was killed in the jaws of a "gigantic shark" in a South African holiday spot.
Gregg Coppen watched as Lloyd Skinner was savaged in Cape Town, South Africa, on Tuesday (local time) tweeting: "Holy _____ We just saw a gigantic shark eat what looked like a person in front of our house…"
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He added: "That shark was huge. Like dinosaur huge."

"We were swimming only about 15m away from the guy. We were at about chest depth and he was a little deeper….I never want to experience this again. I’m going to block it out of my mind.”
Hammerhead Shark Prowling Gold Coast Beach
Dangerous swimming on the Gold Coast! Rips and Sharks...

A HAMMERHEAD was one of several sharks spotted off the Gold Coast today. Surf lifesavers said the shark, which was just under 2m long, was seen swimming about 100m off the beach around Surfers Paradise about 12.45pm. Lifesavers used a Waverunner to scare the hammerhead off.. 15 minutes later, there was a report at least two sharks were seen off the beach near Thirteenth Avenue, Palm Beach, about 1pm.