VIDEO: Scientist Swims With The Largest Recorded Great White Shark Scientist Ocean D Ramsey and her team encountered this 20ft Great White Shark near Oahu, Hawaii. It’s one of the largest ever recorded. This video is truly amazing. But I don’t think you’d see me swimming with this guy anytime soon. Video by @juansharks via @oceansnation SnowBrains | August 12, 2020 2 Comments
Australian Surfer Intervenes During Shark Attack To Aid Fellow Surfer Last week, surfer, Phil Mummert was attacked by a great white shark off the western coast of Australia. According to Fisheries WA (Fisheries Department of Western Australia), the great white was believed to be 13-feet (4 meters) in length and approximately as wide as a Land Cruiser. The attack occurred last Friday at Bunker Beach. With a shark that large, […] Spencer Cox | August 5, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Great White Shark Kills 15-Year-Old Surfer in Australia [arve url="https://youtu.be/3bCA4umBAAc"] SwellBrains | July 20, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Californian Man Describes How He Fought Off 18-Foot Great White Shark That Bit His Kayak A kayaker fishing off the coast of Northern California had to fight off a great white shark after bleeding out a fish he had just caught into the water, attracting the huge fish. Related: Huge Great White Shark Bites Diver’s Kayak Off California and Leaves Behind 2 Teeth Michael Thallheimer Jr. of Eureka was camping in Shelter Cove in Southern […] SnowBrains | May 27, 2020 0 Comments
UPDATE: Surfer Killed in Shark Attack in Santa Cruz County, CA Ran Local Surf Business The 26-year-old man killed in a shark attack off the coast of California on Saturday was a well-known surfer in the area and had a business shaping surfboards. His death is the first shark fatality in Northern California in over 15-years. Ben Kelly, a former Vanguard University in Orange County student, died after a shark attack on Saturday while surfing at […] Surf SwellBrains | May 12, 2020 2 Comments
Monterey Bay, CA Being Referred to as ‘Shark Park’ as Great Whites Flock to the Area The California coast is currently inundated with great white sharks, particularly in the Monterey Bay. The video above shows more than a dozen sharks, of various sizes up to 15-feet, just off the surf line. Related: VIDEO: 10-Foot Shark Cruising Next to Oblivious Swimmer Off Monterey Bay, CA The sightings have become so frequent in the area between Seacliff State Beach […] Surf SwellBrains | July 19, 2019 0 Comments
Shark Attacks Highest Since 2004 on the Pacific Coast | Eight in California A new report released this week by the Shark Research Committee found that 2017 had the most Pacific Coast shark attacks since 2004. The number was up from five attacks in 2016 and six in 2015, reports adventure sports network. From California up to Washington, there were nine reported attacks in 2017, all believed to be great whites. Eight happened […] Steven Agar | January 30, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Great White Shark LEAPS Completely Out of the Water to Kill Seal at Alcatraz, CA Earlier this week, we reported on a Great White Shark eating a seal in a video by a family near the famous isle of Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay. Today we have video of that same 10-foot-long Great White Shark leaping completely out of the water to grab and kill a seal or sea lion at Alcatraz. We’re nearly positive […] Surf SwellBrains | October 14, 2015 0 Comments
VIDEO: Great White Shark Eating a Seal at Alcatraz Yes, the waters surrounding Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay do have Great White Sharks. Ever been kitesurfing, windsurfing, swimming, or kayaking in the bay? You may have been very close to one of these big guys. This video was recording 2 days ago on October 10th, 2015. Kinda cool… Kinda scary… The San Francisco Chronicle is saying this was the […] Surf SwellBrains | October 12, 2015 1 Comment
Entire Town Tries to Save 14-Foot Great White Shark on Cape Cod “I told my husband this morning that if he went surfing, he was going to get eaten by a shark. He told me I was crazy. We got to Whitecrest about an hour later and came upon a huge crowd of people working to save a 14′ male Great White that had beached itself. The shark was still alive but not thriving. Several beachgoers were pouring buckets of water over him (some using XtraTuf boots and sandcastle Surf SwellBrains | September 8, 2015 2 Comments
Which Risk Do You Prefer: Avalanches or Sharks? Earlier this week, 3-time world champion Mick Fanning was attacked by a Great White shark while surfing in the Finals of the Jeffery’s Bay, South Africa World Surf League tour stop. Surfing may well be the last sport left where you can be eaten by a wild animal while competing. This shark attack has prompted an interesting discussion about skiing’s risks verse surfing’s risks. SnowBrains | July 23, 2015 4 Comments
2014 Pacific Coast Great White Shark Attack Report: All of the below information was provided by the Shark Research Comittee. There were 6 authenticated unprovoked shark attacks on humans on the Pacific Coast of North America in 2014. All of these shark attacks were recorded in California. Four of these attacks occurred in October, one occurred in July, and one occurred in December. 3 of the shark attack victims were surfing, 2 were kayaking, and 1 was in an […] Surf SnowBrains | January 30, 2015 9 Comments
Close Encounter with Great White Shark in Southern California Yesterday Mike Durand was out on his paddleboard at El Porto surf break in Manhattan Beach, California yesterday when an 8-foot juvenile great white shark swam up to him and directly under his board. This isn’t too uncommon a sighting in SoCal as great whites are thought to have their babies in Southern California each year. […] Surf SwellBrains | October 18, 2013 1 Comment
9-Foot Great White Shark Attacks California Surfer on Sunday An approximately 9-foot Great White Shark attacked a 45-year-old surfer on Sunday morning, October 6th, 2013 near Humboldt Bay in Northern California. Jay Scrivner had been surfing for over 2 hours when the large shark struck this upper leg and surfboard at Samoa Peninsula near Humboldt Bay, CA.. “Sometimes you have a feeling that the water is weird […] Surf SwellBrains | October 9, 2013 2 Comments
Great White Sharks Return to Cape Cod, MA | Man Attacked in July 2012 | Jaws is Back? ABC News video documenting the Great White Shark attack in cape cod in July 2012. Outside Magazine just wrote up a great report about how the Great White Shark has returned to Cape Cod, Massachusetts. It’s crazy to think that Great White Sharks have returned Cape Cod where the 1975 movie Jaws took place. We never thought that Great Whites hung […] Surf SwellBrains | August 2, 2013 2 Comments
Chuck Patterson Interview: “Why Weren’t You Afraid of that Great White Shark?” | VIDEO: “Me, My Shark, and I” Chuck Patterson’s 2010 video of a Great White Shark up close at San Onofre, California *** Miles: “Chuck, why weren’t you afraid of that Great White shark that day surfing at San Onofre?” Chuck Patterson: “I’d been seeing sharks just about everyday that I was surfing there. It seemed to be a common occurrence. I was more intrigued instead of […] Surf Miles Clark | May 24, 2013 3 Comments
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