6th attack today at KOA in Rodanthe - wtf??

Damn, people are obsessing over sharks a lot. I'm starting to think those OCEARCH folks should tag a few hundred more and the summer lineups might actually clear up a bit.

How about: if the waves look good and you don't see any sharks paddle out. If the waves suck, or you see a shark and get scared, don't paddle out. If you are scared of dismemberment by an apex predator, then probably don't paddle out.

 

You are right. And you would be the first to sell all of your boards....

 

o barry

 

so has the news people ever figured out whats drawing these sharks so close inland.people getting bit in waist deep water I had no idea that was possible.i don't even see fish when Im out in the line up let a lone a fuking shark lol.I heard its been the bullsharks.its good there were no fatalities,but some people lost an arm which is not cool at all.i seen the last one must of been a tiny shark,i wouldn't mind getting bit and just needing a few stitches,but loosing limbs is where I draw the line.

 

U will be just fine( 42% chance of survival) paddle out. If not I will personally buy u a hook for your missing arm.

 

U will be just fine( 42% chance of survival) paddle out. If not I will personally buy u a hook for your missing arm.

 

Tip of the Day:

Polarized sunglasses. Invest in a good pair - Costa Del Mar is recommended. Have one person with good vision wear them while everyone else is in the water. The person wearing the hi tech amber coated x-ray vision glare cutting pair of glasses (they should be at an elevated vantage point - top of a dune) will be able to see incoming shadows in murky water, and everything in semi-clear tinted surf. The crew should be instructed to look shoreward often at the spotter. If the spotter's arms start to criss cross (Jump Jump) overhead, it is time to do a Wayne, and walk on water.

 

This is no joke. I live and surf in a very sharky locale. Awareness of your surroundings and signs of danger are not to be missed during bait runs. Spend the $ and get a good pair of shades that cut glare and let you see through the water. Ask any commercial fisherman or lifeguard.

 

Holy toledo, dogg.....has it come to this? Seriously. Have we right coasters become S Africa, with spotters & such?

 

If you're worried about sharks, surf VB. You've got a better chance of actually getting good surf here than being bitten by a shark any day.

 

^ Tell that to the kid who bled out on the beach in front of his father after being bitten at Sandbridge / VB.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=92568

Here's a good test: surf the pier, where they chum & cast, and see how that goes in the current environment.
Just sayin'.....be smart out there.

 

uh

 

Life is just a cabaret ole chum.

 

This is how I grew up surfing in the 70s, before the decimation of the mullet. Sharks were thick, and sheep were scarce.

 

sheep were scarce...... enter ..... the gnome......

 

I'd go out in NC before going out in Joisey.

http://rt.com/usa/271123-portuguese-manowar-jersey-shore/

 

Since this is a surfing forum and all can anyone actually remember when an actual surfer was bitten last? In NC I think it has been awhile. How about VB and further up like NJ?

 

The tourists and swimmers are staying out of the water now around here. So if the sharks want a taste of human, guess who they're gonna bite now.

 

The poor little boy who died from the attack was just swimming/boogieboarding, it was way back in 2001 and I can't remember a fatality outside of that. Kids around that age unfortunately drown 2-3 times every season, not to mention adults, just in VB and I don't see the news trying to hype drownings and people who can't swim eagerly hopping into the ocean.

I think maybe '06 or '07 I remember a guy out at the jetty got a small chomp on his hand, and in Sandbridge a couple years ago a kid got chewed up pretty good around ECSC time but he recovered in a relatively short time and was pretty much OK.

 

U staying out of the water for the rest of the summer?