What ocean creature bit through my neoprene?

I believe it was this guy

 

I've been struck by a rockfish while surfing and had its dorsal fin spines go right through a 4/3 wetsuit and put little holes in my leg

 

Maybe a pissy sting ray?

 

4 hours in shin high waves? your chores must suck.

 

80f h2o + neoprene = wtf?

srsly tho ... i hope you are ok

 

I like your attitude.

 

Hope your ok Betty, could have been a small jack or even a small Spanish mackerel.

 

metard FTW once again.

Betty, I'm sure you have a good reason for rubbering up. We trust your wisdom and you are the matriarch of the SI tribe.

FLY A BANNER FOR AVERTING ATTACKS BY THE MEGALODON

 

Bluefish have some pretty sharp teeth that take circular bites. They school along the beach.

 

Maybe it was a small stingray and you got lucky. Or a lamprey. I saw them on Syfy Channel. They are not to be messed with. Thank God you made it back alive. Tomorrow could be fun up there at the North Jetty, but do the shuffle on your way out.

 

consider it a rite of passage.
you have returned from entering the food chain.

 

smart you are. its kinda a caucasian thing; i've had 9 surgeries for skin cancer. one of them was
the "big M". smart to cover up, wear a hat; be on first name basis with your dermatologist. the good
news is i'm cancer free but must get looked at 4x year.

 

Betty, you're attitude is a great one to have. I hate when i out in the line up and all people can say is how bad the waves are today. Seems like we forget how fortunate we are sometimes.

 

Hahaha booom, to keep the 40 yr old grommets from mackin on the sweet betty wahine.

 

sisurfdogg...your right...it was fun this morning, looked on the buoy this morning 3.6@11 secs., sh!t man, I flew out there, caught some chest high clean ones with just a few people out...cant tell ya how lucky I am.

 

Boom. Nailed it!

I was trunking it up here in southern SC yesterday. Its usually pretty murky here because of all the intracoastal waterways... But I will say, I saw a LOT of black tips... Not so much under or around me, but the wind was onshore and you could see their little fins popping up out of the wind chop right outside the lineup. A lady got bit here two weeks ago right on the foot in knee deep water. Her and witnesses say it was a 4-5ft bullshark, but you never know. Coulda been a black tip or a sand shark or whatever... either way, its spring and the sharks are plentiful all over FL and through the Carolinas. Can't say what it was with your incident, but I bet if the lady last week had booties on or some kind of rubber, it would have saved her from the dozens of stitches she had to get....

So, reason number 5 for betty to wear a wetty in the 80 degree water... Shark Bite protection!

Glad you are okay. Its amazing how much wild life is out in the water this time a year. I was swimming the other day in 3-4 feet of water and felt a ray slide right over my leg. Jellies are everywhere and all kinds of little biting fish.... I definitely begin my paddle out in shallower water this time of year. The sooner I get my feet and legs up outta the water the better. ya know?

 

I'm sorry Betty it was me, I didn't mean to...glad you're ok