Shark spotted near Seacliff State Beach in Santa Cruz

Take a look at 10 rules for surfing with sharks:

1. Put on the wetsuit near the sharks: Do not show fear and do not show ultra-respect. Stay cool and do your things calmly.

2. Head to shore and warm-up by the water: sharks will have the chance to look at you and lower their temper. Do your physical exercises slowly and without aggressive movements.

3. Paddle out slowly: you want to show everybody that you're not crazy about sharks and that you're enjoying the atmosphere.

4. Say hello with your eyes and face: try to greet each shark individually. Look straight into their eyes and be gentle without being too subservient.

6. Show interest and express appreciation for the sharks: show you're watching in the end, throw thumbs up for the best sharks.

7. Hand them your first priority nibbles: if they show they're going bite you, gently offer them a limb.

8. Paddle for the right shark with all your commitment: once you've gained their respect, it's important to show that you have absolutely no fear.

9. Paddle out and praise the quality of their area: say something like "congratulations, you guys have an incredible quality hunting ground here".

10. Invite a couple of local sharks for a round of beers: thank them for the hospitality and glamorize the entire experience.

As a kid, that area from Seacliff down to Moss was one of my favorite stretches of coastline. Those waters have always had there share of sightings, especially when getting down towards Salinas river mouth. Nothing new. They out there.
Their Ocean...NOT ours :)

Fatnewt, you funny :)

Another good one by the fat newt

Ace ace ace. And the vignette has a new vine indeed.....

Funny Fatnewt, i'll remember these rules next time i see some local sharks at their local surf spot.

How do we know they were local sharks?

Good times

likely the same shark that ate a seal in the rockview channel a few days back, scared off all the seals and otters out of the area (still haven't returned), and cruised the lineup at 38th (inside the kelp), and hit that kayak. good luck everybody.

why is that likely, @mustache? Just about every year as far back as I can remember at least one or two GW's are spotted in the New Brighton to Manresa area around this same time. Moss landing to Monterey is one of their favorite haunts. Ano Nuevo is a known all-you-can-eat smorgy for Whites. There are plenty of sharks out there to go around. The Aussies are big on "revenge hunts" after an attack...like the one a couple of weeks ago that chomped a surfer in half. How do they ever know for sure that they killed the correct shark? Is this revenge killing just done to make the humans feel better? Or does it even matter if they get the perp shark as long as it sends a message to the others? I'm betting someone in Stokeville can enlighten me. Sharky?

@sharkturd: if the shark ingested any part of the human, they dissect it and look for the remains. yum!

Thanks, kooktastic...Ok, right, guess I overlooked that part...but how many do they usually have to kill and dissect before they're sure they got the right one...and after the dissection if no evidence of human consumption is found do they just say "oops or "oh well"? I just question the effectiveness of this practice. It seems ludicrous and just plain wrong to kill a creature in its natural environment for doing what comes natural, hunting for food for survival. After all, these are not rogue acts by sharks...in the water if humans look like food and flail like them, well....

sometimes they develop a taste for human flesh.

jeez sharkturd...i didn't mean to twist your panties into such a bunch. i didn't say anything about revenge hunting or anything remotely close to that. take a nice deep breath. it's their ocean and if one wants to eat a person, or even have a little taste of one, i reckon they reserve the right to do so. in the name of preventing further freakouts, i hereby replace my "likely" with a nice, noncontroversial "perhaps". that said, being a little curious (obsessed) with white shark behavior, "perhaps" a curious shark unfamiliar to the area has taken up residence in the area of the east side of sc. or maybe sc is experiencing a bonafide white shark infestation. that would be so fucking rad. personally, i hope it's an infestation. go giants.

Not upset in the least, stache. Yes, "perhaps" and "Likely" are two differnt beasts and completely change the nature of your comment. The "likely" part of your comment got me to thinking about that same kind of mindset that the so-called revenge hunters must utilize themselves and how folly that thinking is...that is all I meant...sorry if you took it wrong.

its us vs. them...

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