GW Decapitate sMexican Diver

[LTBOLTMAN]

Great white shark decapitates Mexican diver marking first fatal shark attack of 2023: Report

A Mexican fisherman became the first person killed in a shark attack this year after he was reportedly decapitated in an attack by a 19-foot great white shark.

www.foxnews.com

...the article states the shark "impressively" ripped off the head of the diver...

 

[MikeC.]

all media sources say/write crazy stuff, usually in an attempt to make people crazier

 

[Capt.C.Delany]

The other interview with Tucker…

“It’s kinda neat when your worst fears come true because at least you get it out of the way.”

Love it

 

[openclass]

Same thing happened to Randy Fry in Nor Cal while diving for abalone about 20 years ago. The shark took his head off three feet from his diving buddy.

 

[mike garrahan]

I doubt that the guy they quoted was speaking English and using a word like impressively. He was probably speaking Spanish and that was just the way it came out in the translation.

 

[pacificscout]

Got shoulders too.

 

[Cactus Chris]

All these sea lions around we may start seeing more mature whites in SoCal. There's tons of juveniles around all the time afaik. Hopefully they will take more heads of sea lions and less divers

 

[Bend Session]

25 years ago I dove with my dad. I remember asking him if he ever saw sharks around the islands. We never saw any Sharks, but we dove in the morning and afternoon hours. While I hate california sea lions, I wouldn't be mad if more GW came around the islands or found decapitated sea dogs.

 

[Crowman]

Same thing happened to Randy Fry in Nor Cal while diving for abalone about 20 years ago. The shark took his head off three feet from his diving buddy.

I pass the place the where that happened North of Ft. Bragg going to rockfish. Great Whites are spotted frequently around there.

 

[O'side yakker]

Well, as the experts, say, there is a "seafood shortage".

 

[thelahunginjeet]

I recall the bravado and stupidity of my youth in the 70's when we dove for abs near Ft Bragg. We went in the water while a huge shark was feeding on a harbor seal a couple of hundred yards out. We reasoned, "Oh he'll never come way in here. Besides he's busy." We went in happily to get limits.
We were FREAKING IDIOTS!
Then I kneeboarded 8-10 ft Pismo Pier under dim pier lighting at night, alone, twice.
In 1975 Jaws came out. Now a piece of eel grass touches me in the surf and I shudder.
Kudos to all the watermen and women who do it. My condolences to those who suffer mishaps.

 

[stanky1]

I hope the unfortunate diver gets some revenge when the shark tries to sh!t his head out.

 

[One_Leg]

If my memory serves me well, 13 divers lost their lives during 2008 in California, the last year I dove for Abalone.

Only one of them was due to a shark attack.

Most of them perished to entanglements, or exhaustion, but GW's are always there, even if you never see them.

 

[marlyn]

We used to dive Abs near sea ranch and also get towed around tomales bay with a rope attached to an aluminum boat spearfishing for halibut,Ignorance was bliss!
I would not be doing those things nowadays even though i dont think there was any less risk then.The internet just lets you hear about these horrors so much easier nowadays.

 

[Crowman]

I hope the unfortunate diver gets some revenge when the shark tries to sh!t his head out.

The attack at Ft. Bragg the shark spit his head out.

 

[swami 805]

We used to fish the kelp beds in float tubes a lot, we even had tournaments. Having a game bag clipped on the side with a bunch of bleeding struggling fish fish in it. What could possibly go wrong? Never heard anyone having a problem with a shark but don’t remember seeing very many like now. Couple kayakers have been hit, that’s got to suck

 

[Blackfish]

Stay “outta the sharks house”. RIP to the diver. Every time I dive, I cross my fingers. But the underwater world is so amazing. It’s worth the risk.

If I were to be attacked, I would prefer the shark decapitation. Quick and no suffering.

 

[Long Beach Bob]

Had a 16' GW almost get me at Church Rock while spearfishing. A kelp bed saved my bacon. I call that my ultimate religious experience!

 

[Crowman]

Had a 16' GW almost get me at Church Rock while spearfishing. A kelp bed saved my bacon. I call that my ultimate religious experience!

If that shark wanted you there wouldn't be anything you could have done to not be killed. Great Whites can and will kill sea lions and seals (Yay) kelp or no kelp. Randy Fry was in and around kelp beds when he got decapitated in Northern California.

 

[ShelterCoveman]

Same thing happened to Randy Fry in Nor Cal while diving for abalone about 20 years ago. The shark took his head off three feet from his diving buddy.

I remember that. So sad. Why I stay in the boat...

 

[Long Beach Bob]

...Non-divers are always the first to make unsupported statements on what a shark is going to do and how diver response is useless....Several divers have put shafts into large great whites and survived. A South African diver shot a 10' attacking gw in the head and killed it...A few weeks ago, a gw bit a Hawaiian diver across the torso. He repeatedly stabbed the fish with his knife, driving it away. Despite a serious injury, he survived. and..., thick kelp can be your best friend!...
... I speared a 9' Blue at point blank range that attacked me off Santa Cruz island and eventually won the battle. The spearshaft didn't even clear the gun; it was so close...My point: Be prepared to fight and you can survive. I carry a large gun and 2 knives: one on each side. If I am hit, I may be able to reach one or the other...
...Sadly, the Mexican diver above was one of 3 killed in that bay over the past 3 years.

 

[Rubberhook2]

It's the ones that you don't see that are the ones to worry about as with most predators attacking from your blind side. Take a lethal bite then back off to protects it's eyes while its prey bleeds out and weakens. Can't tell you how many times I dove in the middle of the night, by myself, near Seal Rock below the San Clemente pier...a known hangout for GW's. Or diving the Cortes bank. All for friggin' lobsters that I would just buy today as opposed to taking offshore risks at night. The amount of large GW's I have seen just at Catalina alone was enough to make me hang up my gear. Too old and too smart to take those risks now, especially for a lobster.

Took this pic below at Guadalupe Island...some serious dentures on those things. If it wanted you and you were in it's world you would not stand a chance...

 

[Rubberhook2]

Typical attack...inflict a lethal injury and back off and circle while it slowly dies...then feed.

 

[Long Beach Bob]

...Well, at age 76, I still go spearfishing for white sea bass. Am a little more selective where I free dive these days, as there are definitely more great whites than in years past. I did quit nite diving and went to hooping with an electric winch.
...But, I am too young to take up bowling or go off to chase little white balls across the grass...

 

[Double O]

Great white shark decapitates Mexican diver marking first fatal shark attack of 2023: Report

A Mexican fisherman became the first person killed in a shark attack this year after he was reportedly decapitated in an attack by a 19-foot great white shark.

www.foxnews.com

...the article states the shark "impressively" ripped off the head of the diver...

I came across this in La Jolla, thought it was a trash bag or somethin, but when I got to it , it wasnt. And by the look of the bite radius,.. it was a huge white