2 sharks at gr8ton today and one monster tarpon and a partridge in a pear tree!
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:rofl:Shark Sighting today
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That is soooooooo scary! I cannot imagine the times, as kids, how close we probably came to encounters with sharks.Shark siting at grayton beach today! I was swimming in the gulf with jdarg, bdarg, beachmom and another friend carol, when we looked up and saw several folks onshore motioning for us to come in. we all froze. then we saw a guy onshore doing a shark fin on his head, folks still motioning to come in. We hauled ourselves onto shore, which seemed to take many minutes of swimming - we were further out than we realized.
Once on shore, our friends told us there was a shark, about 6 feet, swimming in our direction, it turned and swam away, then came back in our direction. One of our group (carol) saw it nearby as we were out there.
This was my first scared spit-less encounter in the gulf. Think I'll stay nearer to shore next time (the water was absolutely gorgeous and clear and felt so wonderful. we were really enjoying it until we saw the folks onshore motioning to us. panic!!!) well, bdarg didn't panic. he was the only one...
later we were so thankful we didn't have kids in the water with us.
yes, I realize that if we had never been told there was a shark, that we would have stayed out in the gulf blissfully unaware, and it would have just gone about its own business. probably...
We used to swim out and hang out at the sand bar, then swim back in over water that was so deep you couldn't even see the bottom. Makes me shiver at the possibilities.You had a close one today!
yes, I realize that if we had never been told there was a shark, that we would have stayed out in the gulf blissfully unaware, and it would have just gone about its own business. probably...
Sometimes going about my business involves having a snack...
2 sharks at gr8ton today and one monster tarpon and a partridge in a pear tree!
ha ha - you know you can tell everyone how graceful we were...
You guys must have been moving really fast I didn't even see you Jdarg crew.
Shark siting at grayton beach today! I was swimming in the gulf with jdarg, bdarg, beachmom and another friend carol, when we looked up and saw several folks onshore motioning for us to come in. we all froze. then we saw a guy onshore doing a shark fin on his head, folks still motioning to come in. We hauled ourselves onto shore, which seemed to take many minutes of swimming - we were further out than we realized.
Once on shore, our friends told us there was a shark, about 6 feet, swimming in our direction, it turned and swam away, then came back in our direction. One of our group (carol) saw it nearby as we were out there.
This was my first scared spit-less encounter in the gulf. Think I'll stay nearer to shore next time (the water was absolutely gorgeous and clear and felt so wonderful. we were really enjoying it until we saw the folks onshore motioning to us. panic!!!) well, bdarg didn't panic. he was the only one...
later we were so thankful we didn't have kids in the water with us.
yes, I realize that if we had never been told there was a shark, that we would have stayed out in the gulf blissfully unaware, and it would have just gone about its own business. probably...
Doug told me he saw about 8-10 sharks in Grayton today. Most were small, but a few bigger. Said people got in the water, got out of the water, and got in the water.....again and again. (He was swimming too!) There's a lot of bait fish out now....so everybody just keep an eye out. These probably aren't dangerous, but you never know when that bull shark wants to swim by. At least the water is real clear and that helps with the confusion for the shark!!!!
It's those dark water mornings and afternoons.
KatI'd rather be safe then sorry.
Interesting. Then that makes 2 days in a row-
Yesterday (just after 3pm), I had my very first up close and personal experience with a shark since moving here in February. It was directly in front of the Spooky Lane beach access.
I was in the water about 15 feet from shore in about waist deep water holding my 4 year old son who was dangling his legs in the water. We were in the water for less than 2 minutes when I looked up and right in front of me, no more than 20 feet away and swimming East was about a 6 foot bull shark.
The water was nice and clear and he was so close that I could see all the detail on him. It was quite surreal- so much so that I froze and did nothing but stare. He paid no attention to us and kept going.
A few seconds passed which felt like an eternity and then I quickly got out, handed my son off to family and I jogged down the beach alerting the next closest swimmers.
A small pack of us had formed and moved with the shark parallel to the shoreline watching in disbelief and getting others out of the water. From that vantage point he appeared as little more than a big gray blob and then one woman shouted, "Where? I don't see him" and the most bizarre thing happened. It was as if the shark heard her and he immediately swam straight at us and was only about 12 feet or so from shore facing us. So if anyone had any doubts what their eyes were seeing at this point they was quickly erased.
Then he turned East again and at that point Ed Walline lifeguards must have heard and rode by on a Polaris to warn folks so I turned around and went back to my beachchair to tell my big fish story to my wife who missed the whole thing because she was out on a kayak looking for marine life!
A strange calm came over me- the realization that:
A) the shark did nothing
B) if sharks can come in so close to us without being detected on a clear day then one who wanted to harm me could and there is really nothing I can do about it anyway so why worry
But I'll tell you- when we went down for sunset and the dogs were playing a few feet in the water (same spot I saw the shark) it drove me crazy that I knew for certain that one could get them for dinner right there...
Anyway, just wanted to share.
I have done my best to not exaggerate the facts. I have made nothing up.
Cheers, GW
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Interesting. Then that makes 2 days in a row-
Yesterday (just after 3pm), I had my very first up close and personal experience with a shark since moving here in February. It was directly in front of the Spooky Lane beach access.
I was in the water about 15 feet from shore in about waist deep water holding my 4 year old son who was dangling his legs in the water. We were in the water for less than 2 minutes when I looked up and right in front of me, no more than 20 feet away and swimming East was about a 6 foot bull shark.
The water was nice and clear and he was so close that I could see all the detail on him. It was quite surreal- so much so that I froze and did nothing but stare. He paid no attention to us and kept going.
A few seconds passed which felt like an eternity and then I quickly got out, handed my son off to family and I jogged down the beach alerting the next closest swimmers.
A small pack of us had formed and moved with the shark parallel to the shoreline watching in disbelief and getting others out of the water. From that vantage point he appeared as little more than a big gray blob and then one woman shouted, "Where? I don't see him" and the most bizarre thing happened. It was as if the shark heard her and he immediately swam straight at us and was only about 12 feet or so from shore facing us. So if anyone had any doubts what their eyes were seeing at this point they was quickly erased.
Then he turned East again and at that point Ed Walline lifeguards must have heard and rode by on a Polaris to warn folks so I turned around and went back to my beachchair to tell my big fish story to my wife who missed the whole thing because she was out on a kayak looking for marine life!
A strange calm came over me- the realization that:
A) the shark did nothing
B) if sharks can come in so close to us without being detected on a clear day then one who wanted to harm me could and there is really nothing I can do about it anyway so why worry
But I'll tell you- when we went down for sunset and the dogs were playing a few feet in the water (same spot I saw the shark) it drove me crazy that I knew for certain that one could get them for dinner right there...
Anyway, just wanted to share.
I have done my best to not exaggerate the facts. I have made nothing up.
Cheers, GW
That sent chills up my spine......what a story!