Sharks in Monterey???

[cyclospora]

This question probably has NEWBIE writen all over it but I have to ask. Do great white sharks ever enter Monterey Bay? It seems to me that there is a lot of shark food in the bay, and kelp beds, seals, sea lions, otters, dolfins.

 

[Rick Inman]

This question probably has NEWBIE writen all over it but I have to ask. Do great white sharks ever enter Monterey Bay? It seems to me that there is a lot of shark food in the bay, and kelp beds, seals, sea lions, otters, dolfins.

Try posting this question in the California Kelp Divers / SoCal Forum. I'm sure you'll get the fun details there.

 

[paulwlee]

I'm sure that Great White sharks patrol the area on occasion.
However, there have been very few Great White encounters.

There have been a total of 9 shark incidents recorded in history in Monterey county,
and only two of them were on SCUBA. (1 was actually during scootering in blue water, so doesn't fit the profile of an average diver.)

Look at the following link for some statistics on shark encounters in CA.
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mrd/whiteshark.html

 

[Dryglove]

This question probably has NEWBIE writen all over it but I have to ask. Do great white sharks ever enter Monterey Bay? It seems to me that there is a lot of shark food in the bay, and kelp beds, seals, sea lions, otters, dolfins.

Yes they do
http://www.scubaboard.com/t67294-great-white-at-del-monte-beach.html