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Paddle boarding next to 15 Great White Sharks (Original Post) yuiyoshida May 2017 OP
My favorite part is when they MontanaMama May 2017 #1
Woa proud patriot May 2017 #2
I couldn't tell which one was the paddle boarder though I did see something move very fast after luvMIdog May 2017 #3
Thank you for posting this. When I lived in CA & worked in SF I lost a coworker & good friend ... CaptainTruth May 2017 #4
The area is called the great red triangle yuiyoshida May 2017 #6
BTW, if you ever want to visit 72 miles of beautiful FL beach ... CaptainTruth May 2017 #5

MontanaMama

(23,314 posts)
1. My favorite part is when they
Mon May 15, 2017, 05:15 PM
May 2017

tell the paddle boarders that they are paddling next to 15 great white sharks and that they recommend that they calmly exit the water. Holy buckets. I'd lose my shit right then and there.

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

luvMIdog

(2,533 posts)
3. I couldn't tell which one was the paddle boarder though I did see something move very fast after
Mon May 15, 2017, 08:22 PM
May 2017

the announcement. Maybe that was him it was splashing . Now THAT is why I don't go in the water

CaptainTruth

(6,591 posts)
4. Thank you for posting this. When I lived in CA & worked in SF I lost a coworker & good friend ...
Tue May 16, 2017, 12:58 AM
May 2017

He was a great swimmer & he loved to swim in the ocean, even though it was 55-56 degrees on the N CA coast (if you live in SF you know this, I like it a LOT better here on my island in FL, where the water is about 80 right now).

One Friday after work he went for a swim on Stinson Beach ... & never came back. Friends found his clothes & personal belongings neatly packed/wrapped on the beach. Months later no sign of his body was found, & the natural conclusion was ... eaten by great white sharks.

I can't even bring myself to say his name ... he was a damn good bass player (no, make that a DAMN FKNG GOOD bass player) & a great engineer that I loved talking to ... he always had so many great ideas.

I still miss him. And I'm still glad that the sharks we have here on the eastern FL shore don't just eat you whole like the great whites do on the west coast.

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)
6. The area is called the great red triangle
Tue May 16, 2017, 11:26 AM
May 2017

between California and Australia, New Zealand where great white Sharks are in abundance. The rocks that hold many seals and Seal lions is feeding grounds for many great white sharks. Its a good thing that many of them have found a home on pier 39, in the bay where the sharks don't come. They are a huge tourist attraction here.

CaptainTruth

(6,591 posts)
5. BTW, if you ever want to visit 72 miles of beautiful FL beach ...
Tue May 16, 2017, 01:01 AM
May 2017

... just DM me.

I'm happy to welcome & meet any DU member.

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