Do you see alot of sharks diving?
Submitted by br3nno on Thu, 2013-10-17 18:39
I was speaking to a guy at work who is into deep water diving ~20m up to 35m.
He reckons he sees a fair few great whites around 3.5-4m. This is 5-8km off mindarie, is he pulling my leg?
He also said he saw a large bull shark at black wall reach in the swan river.
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Paul G
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Glad they are all swimming
Glad they are all swimming around mindarie.I have dived of Two Rocks for 30 years and never seen a shark ,not one. That is not to say they haven't seen me .We dive 24- 45m.Abrolhos is different always sharks around you Bronzies 4-7 foot always checking us out. Yes Sharks are around metro and I hope I never bump into a GW .But that is the risk we take ,and worth taking for the rewards of being in the water chillin with the fish.
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diver albie
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in nearly 15 years
One tiger at Rotto and a massive shadow in Cockburn Sound. Plenty over east and in the tropics
joe m
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Im with Paul G been diving a
Im with Paul G been diving a long time 30-50m and never seen a shark while diving metro. In saying that found a good lump in 40m off Mindarie in april. plenty of crays and some nice dhuies swimming around. needless to say we were back the next arvo for a line fish when a submarine great white (easy 5m and that's generous) popped up and hung around for a good 20 min. Got the heart pumping and for the record no I haven't dived there again...not to say I wont though
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black gen
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We freedive and see
We freedive and see plenty
tigers, bronzes, other whalers
bloody menaces
must be in the shallower stuff
no GWs thanks god
Travisd
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He's a bit excited
He's pulling your chain. Done more dives of Mindarie than I can rembrr in those depths and not even seen so much as a bronzie on scuba
Sharks don't like the bubbles. Touch wood ;) GW are rare despite what the media portray
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crasny1
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Concur with above
Not that I have dived for many years, but from age 15 - 40 dived sometimes 4 dives a week or more on holidays. Every weekend almost at Rotto weather allowing and the boat was designed for just diving and we filled our own bottles out. Was fantastic but never saw a free swimming shark in all that time.
Plenty of wobbies and a Resident Raggie that we often checked out in her cave just about 200m north of Wedge Island about 100m out from shore. Beautiful shark and I wonder aswell has/had anyone seen her too. Dived a little up north around Exxy and then plenty. Saw 100x more seals than any sharks including wobbies and other bottom dwellers.
PS: your vision diving is restricted to a ~45 degree arch or cone, and I am certain that there has been sharks, we just never saw them.
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Bradlze
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Done roughly 80 dives in
Done roughly 80 dives in perth and never seen any sharks
evenly spaced between mindarie rotto and hillaries
ace rimmer
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dived Mindarie area for 20
dived Mindarie area for 20 years and never seen a shark, up North well that's a different story. More chance of being in a fatal car accident driving to the marina than being taken by a shark diving
tiimmbo
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We have seen a few bronzies
We have seen a few bronzies diving the back of FFB ranging from 2 to 3 m, am pretty sure they are the same ones that stick around the same spot. They never bother us though with a bag full of crays on the hip and shark shield on the leg.
Tradewind
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I've looked at the shark
I've looked at the shark shields (Freedom 7)
The company says they work even against GWs, other people's reports say they wont stop a GW coming at you
Hard to know what the real story is unless you have the misfortune to have one come at you while you're wearing it
Robbo88
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White encounter
A mate was diving the back of FFB last season and a 4m white came in for a look, kept its distance the whole time. He was wearing a shark shield freedom 7, whether or not this was the reason it stayed back a few meters who knows. Scary stuff either way!
I won't dive without mine!
br3nno
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FFB?How common are shark
FFB?
How common are shark shields and how do they work?
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rigpig
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FFB = Five Fathom Bank
give google a shot mate, you will find heaps on the FFB..
Paul G
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Mate if your scared of
Mate if your scared of sharks ,stay on the boat as you have to many other things going on on a dive to be thinking about.Look the shark sheild up on youtube or the net ,its all there.
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Tradewind
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I hear what you're saying and
I hear what you're saying and I understand why
I'll admit i'm scared of any shark 3m+ when i'm in the water
I know they're not indiscriminate man eaters and when they bite it's out of mistaken identity or curiosity and I think they're beautiful creatures but I need a way to get past it as the small amount of diving i've done has been amazing and i'd like to experience more
Rob H
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In over 20 years of charter,
In over 20 years of charter, cray, tuna/sword fishing and O&G i cant recall ever seeing one diving or from the boat.
Still very wary though. Your mate should start filming them for posterity and selling to media outlets.
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smitho89
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Don't
Don't know about the great whites but I've seen a shit load of bull sharks in the swan !
br3nno
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Yeah my uncle reckons he saw
Yeah my uncle reckons he saw half a dozen bull sharks having a feeding frenzy near burswood while kayaking. Said they would have been around 4ft.
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diver albie
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i'm curious now
Where have you seen them inn the river, I've dived it plenty and not one
smitho89
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I've
I've seen them when I've been diving various parts of the river for crabs such as near canning bridge and general places people would dive for crabs, I've seen one 2m one when I was spearing cobbler in 1m (scared the shit out of me) of water and I've seen/hooked them near bursewood when I was targeting them (haven't dived the river for afew years now tho so I guess I can't really comment on the recents history) I've seen one mulloway sharked at eshed and had afew chase bream (recently in the last 2 years)
non the less I understand some believe sharks are getting worse, but it's not as bad as the stupid media make it out to be. Do I see them when diving Rarely but I can't deny the fact I do see some in the swan
also seen 2 small ones in the Madurah estuary in summer when I was walking the dog
br3nno
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I thought cobblering was
I thought cobblering was banned in the swan.
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smitho89
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Yep
Yep from July 2007
spinksy
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Done 100s
Of dives 10m to 45m Mindare, Two rocks, Rotto, Jurien. And only seen Grey nurses off Two rocks and Rotto and a bronzie off mindare and like Paul said that at doesnt mean they are not there.The bronzie was just edge of my vis range watching me. Too much going on to worry about sharks..
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Seen a 1.5 meter one at
Seen a 1.5 meter one at Peppermint grove cruising the shallows. I cast a mulie with gangs next to it and it wasnt interested
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Years ago in bassendean we were net fishing the river and
swam the net across. I was bumped by something and to this day have no idea what it was. It didnt feel dead like a log or something but needless to say for a few seconds I became JC and walked on water getting out. It didnt help when the mate that was on the side kept yelling Fin Fin at me (which he never saw).
I am certain that they (bull sharks) have always been there, and still is.
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tailor marc
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I found all these articles
I found all these articles from the old days around perth, Some swan river bullys attacking horses etc. Some good reading and goes to show lots of sharks back then aswell
http://fishwrecked.com/forum/shark-attacks-wa-news-articles-1900-1960
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Divers need glasses
Reckon a lot of you divers might need glasses lol!
Have seen sharks (not GW!) snorkelling a few times years ago, nothing bigger than 1.5m though. Mosty recently got back on the boat at GI last summer, looked back into the water and a little 3 foot model (again, not a GW) was cruising along.
I think if you are diving regularly you must be swimming with them, deeper water = bigger models. Surprisingly, I think research has now shown that most big sharks actually live in water, so if you go in their house don't be surprised to meet them!
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Paul G
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Well we are heading out to
Well we are heading out to direction bank 14 mile. for a dive tomorrow.See if we can get a few crays ,Such a great dive out there if it is clear.Will be heading out from Mindarie.as our ramp is closed.
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let me know!
let me know!
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I see sharks almost on every
I see sharks almost on every dive metro, certainly around Rotto they are more prolific.......Lancelin north you will see one every dive. Most common being Bronze Whalers, they want your fish not you so dont worry.
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l.o.l
bronzies i have no probs with ..a big boy who wants to swallow you different story .sometimes they want you
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Diver on scuba chasing crays
Diver on scuba chasing crays in 11m behind Garden Island today took shelter under a small ledge and repeatedly repelled a 3m white off him that kept on coming back, mouth open and chomping. Passed a diver wearing shark shield first and left him alone and went the diver with out the sheild. Whites in both sounds at the moment whilst the snapper are there and not uncommon to see them at the back of the islands. As for sharks not liking air bubbles, by all accounts the diver was blowing plenty of air out of reg and arse. Lucky dip this time of year in certain locations.
Walfootrot
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yer know the 2 divers, heard
yer know the 2 divers, heard about it last night. Moose and seapig.
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
Jim
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Id have serious issues after
Id have serious issues after that. If he got that on his go pro he'd be set for life.
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Rig
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hard to forget
its gonna be hard to forget that little story when I am out snorkelling for crays this weekend at rotto
perth fisher
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yep..very trueeeee if that
yep..very trueeeee
if that happened to me then snorkelling in the swan would be a lot less fun.....
mind you getting that shark chase on gopro...damn...that would get you some serious $$$
perth fisher
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no one has been attacked in
no one has been attacked in the river for years.....all the big ones get caught by fishermen?
Rig
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rotto
I was cruising around past strickland bay on the weekend taking a couple of guys out for a dive out further ( i was only snorkelling) and a boat came over to us and flagged us down. The guys asked us if we were diving and we said yes and they told us they had pretty much just been chased out of the water by a 3.5m white acting agressivley. put a bit of a dampner on the diving so we went right inshore at strickland, not many keepers in there.
pretty funny when one of the guys was swimming back to the boat and a big sea lion popped up 10m behind him. Lucky he didnt see it as it might have soiled his wetsuit given we were all a bit on edge
I am thinking of getting back into scuba myself so I am looking into the shark shield sounds like they work?
taylormullenax
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hms swan
dove the swan as part of a course... 8 divers were on board. first six went down didn't see anything ... then last two divers basically jumped in on a 5 metre whitey... but just goes to show you that you would see very few of the one that actually are around, I think many more sharks are around than what we actually see. If they want you to see them they will swim so you see if they don't they stay just far enough away. old old smart creatures so I think they chose to let you see them in a way. the second dive everyone has shark shields .. not that anyone would have gotten bit anyway but shark shields make more peace of mind.. are they annoying for cray diving... very but if it gives me a .2% chance more thank without one .. its worth it..
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Grey Nurse on 3 Mile Reef
Went for a dive with a mate on xmas eve and he had a Grey Nurse encounter in a cave while he was backing out of it with a cray in his hand. We think it charged out of a side cavern at him to get the cray or it got upset because he blocked the exit. He didn't notice it when he went in as he was focused on the cray target. He brought his legs up when backing out fast and his ESDS shark shield must have done the trick on it. To make matters worse for him he also had an encounter on another section of the 3 Mile a couple of days before on the Sunday. Same scenario. Didn't stop us completing the dive and getting xmas lunch sorted out.
To be honest I think it was just his rude looking head that scared them...