02-25-2003, 07:39 PM
Hey there Baytuber,
It's JapanRon. This great white thing. I've made inquires (emails, emails, emails) from the US Coast Guard, Avalon harbor master, nature conservency, sportboats, dive shops, kayak rental shops, local tackle shop and every other board I could find to get the skinny on Great White Sharks and Catalina Island.
My research results: Not one single recorded great white shark attack on a human since records were kept! yes, not one and yes not recorded in or around Catalina. Eyes seem to roll when one mentions sharks and they should if you're in Australia, South Africa and a select other few places.
The few great whites that have been sighted and reported seem to be on the outside around eagle rock area.
The tourist trade would suffer if everybody screamed shark but I was assured by an number of agencies in offical capacity that if there were such a danger, maritime alerts would be required to be made.
Great whites don't normally stay in an area very long, usually solitary, and migrate long, long distances.
To these comments people still say 'ya ya, just go out there and see what happens'.
We're buddies, so I wouldn't and ain't raggin on you. If you've seen em' with your own eyeballs, please let me know where as I still plan a tube trip there in April.
Whew, I feel better already. ha ha ha
Your fellow tuber buddy,
JapanRon
a.k.a.tsurikichi
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