by AlB | Jan 23, 2013 | Safety Efforts
PLEASURE POINT – Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office fliers at the Hook and other areas of Pleasure Point remained Monday after two people said they saw a shark in the water Saturday morning. By Stephen Baxter – Santa Cruz...
by AlB | Jan 21, 2013 | Safety Efforts
A surfer reported seeing a shark’s dorsal fin about 100 feet from the shore on Saturday morning. The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Department said it received a report from a surfer about 9 a.m. Saturday that he had seen a shark’s dorsal fin just outside the second...
by AlB | Jan 21, 2013 | Safety Efforts
UPDATE: Trigg and Scarborough beaches have been reopened after being closed by life savers this morning. Trigg and Scarborough beaches were closed this morning after the Surf Life Saving WA’s Westpac Rescue Helicopter spotted several tiger sharks within 150m of the...
by AlB | Jan 21, 2013 | General News
A LARGE shark managed to get into a swimming enclosure near a popular picnic spot on Macleay Island, off the southeast Queensland coast. Police were alerted to the bull shark in the swimming area, which is surrounded by a net, at Macleay Island in Moreton Bay about...
by AlB | Jan 18, 2013 | Shark Attacks - Related Incidents
A fun fishing trip with mates turned into a thrilling man-versus-shark stand-off for a Tauranga yachtsman, who escaped his unexpected encounter with just a tiny scar. Keen yachtsman Kim Bade had been spearfishing with friends at Great Mercury Island last Sunday when...