Sharks at Sandy Beach
Mar 29th 2010, 8:31 am
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Re: Sharks at Sandy Beach
..with regard to head being taller than the belly...
Mar 29th 2010, 9:24 am
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Re: Sharks at Sandy Beach
I've often had them swim quite close and sometimes let them glide across my palm.
Mar 29th 2010, 9:33 am
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Mar 29th 2010, 10:23 am
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Re: Sharks at Sandy Beach
Can someone give me directions to Sandy Beach, please?
Mar 29th 2010, 10:29 am
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Mar 29th 2010, 10:43 am
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Mar 29th 2010, 11:46 am
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Re: Sharks at Sandy Beach
Went to Sandy Beach on Friday night - been about 4 times now, nice relaxed place with chalet / BBQ etc.
Good snorkel site at Snoopy Island too.
Got up Friday morning and went out to see if I could see any turtles, which I had before and that is really cool.
However this morning, before breakfast I came across 3 of these little things:-
http://www.oceanwideimages.com/image...reef-shark.jpg
A cuddly 6 foot black tip reef shark....
Scared the crap outta me... even though I know they're not dangerous to see something the same size as you in the water is pretty intense when you don't expect it!
Good snorkel site at Snoopy Island too.
Got up Friday morning and went out to see if I could see any turtles, which I had before and that is really cool.
However this morning, before breakfast I came across 3 of these little things:-
http://www.oceanwideimages.com/image...reef-shark.jpg
A cuddly 6 foot black tip reef shark....
Scared the crap outta me... even though I know they're not dangerous to see something the same size as you in the water is pretty intense when you don't expect it!
Mar 29th 2010, 11:54 am
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Re: Sharks at Sandy Beach
I was there at the weekend too - didn't see any sharks but swam into a huge swarm of tiny jellyfish 
shame all the coral died, used to be fantastic out there, saw a couple of reef sharks in exactly the circumstances you described, wonderful experience
had a great weekend, still a bit pissed !
shame all the coral died, used to be fantastic out there, saw a couple of reef sharks in exactly the circumstances you described, wonderful experience
had a great weekend, still a bit pissed !
Mar 30th 2010, 8:24 am
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Re: Sharks at Sandy Beach
saw a couple of black tips when I was snorkellig off Pulau Sibu (Malaysia) with the Mrs last year. first a 4ft shark swam in front of us and that was fine. Next a 6 footer crossed our path. I never knew the Mrs could swim so fast!! 
