Shark Stories
Yeah wow!
Little bronzie doing laps. Not uncommon. Big pointers stalking from out behind that sandbank is the scary cconsideration.
a CROC spotted by a fish finder in Noosa River,reported just now on 9 breakfast show
quadzilla wrote:a CROC spotted by a fish finder in Noosa River,reported just now on 9 breakfast show
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-21/noosa-fisherman-claims-to-have-sp...
It’s a croc.
Young fella was lucky at Tathra.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-08/nine-year-old-surfer-board-bitten...
Bull Shark? Bite doesn't look that wide on tail for a GW. Been a lot of sharks pinging on Dorsal lately. Glad the grom is healthy
^^ ^^^
geez that happened in so close!!
Lottery ticket time . That was farking radical .
^ wowzers.. never seen a cam replay jam like the swellnet Caba Bch one currently is. You can get onto any replays no worries, but not on the cabarita beach cam a couple of hours either side of 7:26am.. is that a swellnet thing or simply traffic atm?
Looks like our replays server coincidentally went town at 4am this morning and wasn't restored until 8am. Bad timing.. argh.
them men in grey suits are getting frickin' clever!
thermalben wrote:Looks like our replays server coincidentally went town at 4am this morning and wasn't restored until 8am. Bad timing.. argh.
Hmm I’m hearing it was a hoax ….the camera footage is odd…do guys in the background disappear
joesydney wrote:thermalben wrote:Looks like our replays server coincidentally went town at 4am this morning and wasn't restored until 8am. Bad timing.. argh.
Hmm I’m hearing it was a hoax ….the camera footage is odd…do guys in the background disappear
Hoax ? That’s something trump would say . https://tracksmag.com.au/surfer-escapes-great-white-attack-unscathed-at-... https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/insane-surfer-has-miracle-escape-aft...
Supafreak wrote:joesydney wrote:thermalben wrote:Looks like our replays server coincidentally went town at 4am this morning and wasn't restored until 8am. Bad timing.. argh.
Hmm I’m hearing it was a hoax ….the camera footage is odd…do guys in the background disappear
Hoax ? That’s something trump would say . https://tracksmag.com.au/surfer-escapes-great-white-attack-unscathed-at-... https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/insane-surfer-has-miracle-escape-aft...
Yeah - I saw another post which claimed it has since been reported that it was hoax to keep visiting surfers away - I dunno
Supafreak wrote:joesydney wrote:thermalben wrote:Looks like our replays server coincidentally went town at 4am this morning and wasn't restored until 8am. Bad timing.. argh.
Hmm I’m hearing it was a hoax ….the camera footage is odd…do guys in the background disappear
Hoax ? That’s something trump would say . https://tracksmag.com.au/surfer-escapes-great-white-attack-unscathed-at-... https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/insane-surfer-has-miracle-escape-aft...
Yeah - I saw another post which claimed it has since been reported that it was hoax to keep visiting surfers away - I dunno
Cabba : Exact same scenario as last attack!
Bizarrely likewise caught on Drone footage.
Shark cruises to surf the inside Wave Zone...
Shark attacks in back trail brine wash of broken lead wave shoulder.
Almost in the same spot...repeating the recent attack.
https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/news/surfer-attacked-by-shark-o...
joesydney wrote:Supafreak wrote:joesydney wrote:thermalben wrote:Looks like our replays server coincidentally went town at 4am this morning and wasn't restored until 8am. Bad timing.. argh.
Hmm I’m hearing it was a hoax ….the camera footage is odd…do guys in the background disappear
Hoax ? That’s something trump would say . https://tracksmag.com.au/surfer-escapes-great-white-attack-unscathed-at-... https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/insane-surfer-has-miracle-escape-aft...
Yeah - I saw another post which claimed it has since been reported that it was hoax to keep visiting surfers away - I dunno
Yeah odd. Can't believe not a scratch on him looking at where the bite is. Must have been off his board before it hit?
southernraw wrote:joesydney wrote:Supafreak wrote:joesydney wrote:thermalben wrote:Looks like our replays server coincidentally went town at 4am this morning and wasn't restored until 8am. Bad timing.. argh.
Hmm I’m hearing it was a hoax ….the camera footage is odd…do guys in the background disappear
Hoax ? That’s something trump would say . https://tracksmag.com.au/surfer-escapes-great-white-attack-unscathed-at-... https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/insane-surfer-has-miracle-escape-aft...
Yeah - I saw another post which claimed it has since been reported that it was hoax to keep visiting surfers away - I dunno
Yeah odd. Can't believe not a scratch on him looking at where the bite is. Must have been off his board before it hit?
Apparently it knocked him off his board before biting the board.
Is he any relation to Alby Ross ? Pretty cool customer, I reckon I’d be in a state of shock and traumatised, like surviving something that’s out of your control and you can see life flashing before your eyes . I can’t imagine what it would feel like other than sheer terror, did time slow down ? Was it all a blur ? Look forward to an interview , he will be getting hounded for his story. Hope he makes a buck out of it . Someone posted he should sell the board to highest bidder and buy a new one .
Gold Coast Bulletin you Farkn Wankers
The GC Bulletin?
Were they reporting it as fake?
Yep -Screenshot in the Vid Above.
Wow
Lucky guy
And how does that on land footage of the busted board look fake
Therefore all involved were complicit?
GCB editor needing to boost…. Something!
donweather wrote:southernraw wrote:joesydney wrote:Supafreak wrote:joesydney wrote:thermalben wrote:Looks like our replays server coincidentally went town at 4am this morning and wasn't restored until 8am. Bad timing.. argh.
Hmm I’m hearing it was a hoax ….the camera footage is odd…do guys in the background disappear
Hoax ? That’s something trump would say . https://tracksmag.com.au/surfer-escapes-great-white-attack-unscathed-at-... https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/insane-surfer-has-miracle-escape-aft...
Yeah - I saw another post which claimed it has since been reported that it was hoax to keep visiting surfers away - I dunno
Yeah odd. Can't believe not a scratch on him looking at where the bite is. Must have been off his board before it hit?
Apparently it knocked him off his board before biting the board.
Check. That makes alot of sense. Lucky fella. Sheesh.
Cheers for the clarification @domweather
Incredible to think there's 5m pointers swimming around inside the corner at Caba. Imagine telling someone that 20 years ago. They'd think you were crazy.
Now this is just another day, just another shark. A 5m white pointer is just shrugged off now, as is a bite in a board. Crazy how things have changed in such a short amount of time.
Close encounters of the worst kind, that is lucky.
Pretty silly stuff from the Bulletin and telling people there was no shark at all is just plain irresponsible.
Where'd they get this guy, Amity Island?
“ he’s a calm man “ what a understatement “ I’ve just gotta go to work “
A few interesting stories on shark attacks and near misses on the Shark Shield report so I thought I would start this thread. Don't want to trivialize the subject as people have had their lives taken or changed forever by what can happen. I thought it might serve as an educational purpose by hearing others experiences so we may all learn from them and hopefully avoid it happening to us.
One of them was a mate of mine named Hazey.
He had been surfing at Castles, a notoriously sharky wave in the bay at Cactus.
Several hundred metres offshore the wave breaks before reforming into Inside Castles making a long left with several sections. The wave has been the scene of several attacks and near misses over the years including the local known as "Sharkbait" who had been attacked more than once.
Gerry Lopez is another who came very close to being attacked out there and vowed to never surf Cactus again after his near miss.
Well Hazey was surfing out the back with another bloke named Steve when out of the blue he was launched into the air still on his board by a huge force from below.
A shark had rammed him with a direct hit straight up into the air! In a moment it was gone but soon returned to the stunned Hazey and started biting him and his board. Hazey instinctively put his arms out to protect himself but both his arms ended up in its mouth. As the jaws closed down his arms could have easily been severed, but several teeth on the sharks lower jaw had become dislodged and imbedded in the board leaving his upper arms with massive injuries, but the vital inner arms where major arteries run were not majorly damaged. This probably saved his life.
By this time Steve had reacted and in a rush of adrenalin and pure ballsy courage he threw himself onto the sharks back and started gouging at the sharks eyeballs, eventually feeling one pop and the shark departed.
Steve got the two surfboards together and got himself and Hazey on and started the long paddle to shore.
Then they were both thrown into the air as the shark rammed them a third time before disappearing again. They continued to make their way closer to shore and the shark nudged them again. Steve told me he thought he really must of pissed it off when he popped its eye.
Finally they we're just a metre from shore when the shark made its fifth and final appearance. It beelined towards them and the shore while they stood in waist deep water with their boards. The sharks mouth was just rapidly opening and closing like one of those wind up sets of false teeth. The boys separated and put their hands on either side of it's body and held it on a 90 degree angle to the beach as they made the final steps to the safety of the sand.
Hazey was rushed to Ceduna hospital and then flown to Adelaide for micro surgery on his shredded arms.
Steve ended up receiving a bravery award and they both sold their story to 60 minutes and made $50,000 each out of it!
It was quite a story!