Suspension of all diving and watersports activities in Sharm el Sheikh

[Red Sea Shadow]

LOL. I have pics of the one sighted at Beacon Rock. It's a big guy.

 

[Jai Bar]

I was on Beacon on 26th

 

[Jim Lapenta]

it's possibly the same one that was sighted at Shark and Yolanda, Shark Obs and Near Garden... although I am told the one at tower was smaller... you know what divers are like though - "We saw a 3 metre long shark and it circled us for 30 minutes!" = you saw a big tuna and it swam past in the blue!

Also - Ras Mohamed may be open but if they lose track of it tonight it could be anywhere by morning - 25 kms for an Oceanic is a short stroll. I will be keeping my eyes peeled, and might brief that safety stops should be done with all divers in a circle around their guide... so that they can get a better view, of course!

Cheers

C.

Chubsters on the outside of course!

 

[Misa]

Ecosystem damage causes shark attacks at popular Egyptian resort | World | RIA Novosti

 

[InTheDrink]

LOL. I have pics of the one sighted at Beacon Rock. It's a big guy.

Care to post one of the pics? Since my trip in May '09 I've become fascinated with these beautiful (if caution/adrenalin inducing) animals?

Cheers,
John

p.s. and was it a definitely a guy rather than a gal and any interesting markings?

 

[Red Sea Shadow]

I think it's a guy. You decide

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos...942422163_100001770732450_61641_1043275_n.jpg

Photo copyright goes to Samuel Samir.

 

[Valwood1]

There was an article recently in "Undercurrent" about a longimanus death; I had no idea how dangerous these animals can be until reading that bit. Part of the Wikipedia article is as follows:

Famed oceanographic researcher Jacques Cousteau described the oceanic whitetip as "the most dangerous of all sharks".[13] Despite the greater notoriety of the great white shark and other sharks habitually found nearer the shore, the oceanic whitetip is responsible for more fatal attacks on humans than all other species combined, as a result of predation on survivors of shipwrecks or downed aircraft.[1][14] Such incidents are not included in common shark-attack indices for the 20th and 21st centuries, and as a result of this, the oceanic whitetip does not have the highest number of recorded incidents.[15] [16] Nonetheless, incidents involving the oceanic whitetip total in the thousands worldwide,[16] with one incident alone, the torpedoing of USS Indianapolis on 30 July 1945, accounting for 600 to 800 sailors.[14] Tiger sharks may have been responsible for some deaths.[citation needed]

Also during World War II, the Nova Scotia, a steamship carrying approximately 1,000 people near South Africa, was sunk by a German submarine. With only 192 survivors, many deaths were attributed to the whitetip.[1]

The whitetip poses a minimal threat to bathers or inshore sportsman, but a high risk for humans caught in the open ocean.

Although the whitetip is opportunistic and aggressive, and may attack humans for food,[14] divers have swum with this shark repeatedly without incident. Divers are advised to approach the shark only with extreme caution, to not spear fish near this shark and, if the shark comes too close or gets too inquisitive, to get out of the water as soon as possible.

 

[Ayisha]

According to the article about ecosystem damage causing the shark attacks, there were 4 victims, not 3. There were legs shredded, arms bitten off... yikes.

 

[airmech]

the russians might not have understood the warnings?
or ignored them +continued stomping on the coral

there are the usual rules for all sharks....
the oceanics are realy bold +never shy?

i saw them 3years ago +got some nice footage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWcSKhA_c5g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM4t43p90xU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI9FFhTFDII
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5swCMxYsMDE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiJMlNEWONs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dM5quDn4Iw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy0hXfqtAWg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JH_sDsm2JQ

 

[peterbj7]

Sounds like a real kneejerk overreaction. What were the tourists doing when they got hit?

What a ludicrous thing to say. Have you read what injuries these people sustained?