GW attack on Diver in WA

[zilch]

Just saw it on the news, a diver got bit by a Great white off of perth

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national...-at-perth-beach/2006/01/15/1137259939250.html

On the the TV news article, one of the party seemed to have a shark shield device, which they used at some point to help get the diver into the boat.

Jim

 

[Mike Veitch]

Looks like a spearfisherman on scuba....that would bring in sharks....

 

[zilch]

Just re-read the report

 

[baitedstorm]

Yikes! I didn't think the white came that far North in WA.... Holy cow

 

[archman]

In the east Pacific, the species can be found as far north as Alaska.

 

[Tom Winters]

Yikes! I didn't think the white came that far North in WA.... Holy cow

Perth isn't that far north in WA. The water is green and gets pretty cold at depth. It feels like the waters off Santa Barbara in terms of color and temperature, and we know who swims there.

 

[Rick Inman]

Just to clarify, WA is Western Australia.

 

[drbill]

When I first saw the WA abbreviation in the thread title, I thought it was Washington State instead of Western Australia. Whew. We see 'em here but they don't seem interested in us most of the time.

 

[mdb]

Yikes! I didn't think the white came that far North in WA.... Holy cow

Plenty of them here, just doing their shark thing and snacking on seals and sea lions etc. Have seen a few GW attacks on the Northern California coast. Smart predators.
Once watched while a GW "trolled" some young seals and then went North for 5-10 minutes, when he/she came back the first seal in sight was lunch. Did not dive that day, had a nice long lunch at a seaside eatery.