Comments on: Shark Attack in Marin County on Saturday, December 20, 2008

By: Bro

Bro — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 18:58:06 +0000

I am interested in boogie boarding at Dillon Beach because I live nearby and love the ocean and the waves. I grew up on the ocean in SoCal. I keep researching for hours online to learn more about the risks of boogie boarding there. Does anyone know the risks of me getting in an encounter with or worse becoming a nice kfc morsel for spitting out later on this beach? To be honest, I am freaked out to go anywhere past shoulder deep, even though I am an experieiced boogie boarder capable of going out to the outside break. It really depresses me that there is this gorgeous beach staring at me, but it seems like the forbidden fruit that cant be picked beacuse of the Great White.

By: jthom

jthom — Sun, 17 May 2009 07:45:44 +0000

the story is not a load of crap, i was on dispatch that day a took down the report. He called from the dillon beach parking lot and reported to me exactly what he wrote in this story. Needless to say he was very shaken up.

By: Michael A

Michael A — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:48:40 +0000

First, well written recital of your unforgettable experience. But I agree with other, a bit overboard. But for all of you who take the semantics as making the story not true, you are most likely wrong. I have witnessed our old friend in the Grey suit at 20 meters distance from my surfboard at a secluded beach down a hidden pathway on the cliff in big sur. While I handled the situation differently, his recount of the situation brought back chilling memories and sounded rather plausible to me. but to the author and everyone else, this is not a shark attach. i wont go as far as the bozo saying shark attacks dont exist because we are trespassing into their waters, but I will say this was an encounter. no attack…trust me, youd know if u were attacked. keep surfin, paddlin and divin!

By: bs

bs — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:11:02 +0000

There is no debate here, people. You are either “attacked”, which in my mind means maimed or at least a little nibble or you are out surfing and come back in with all your extremities and some waves under your belt. This was no “attack”. It was some Marina living nine to five Starbuck’s latte drinking pussy who got spooked, I would also venture to say he probably works in marketing downtown.

By: beachie

beachie — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:03:13 +0000

Sitting in front of a computer, it is easy to endlessly debate this, but I would guess that if you were out there, instead of sitting on your arse, and even saw a shark, you would crap yourself.

I agree, no waves at sharkpit

By: toneman

toneman — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:38:52 +0000

We all know there are no waves at sharkpit

By: Matthew Maier

Matthew Maier — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:14:46 +0000

The former Golden State Warrior and already awesome guy Gilbert Arenas said it best:

I know this is random, but I just want to clear this up for people out there.
There are these things called shark attacks, but there is no such thing as a shark attack. I have never seen a real shark attack.
I know you’re making a weird face as you’re reading this. OK people, a shark attack is not what we see on TV and what people portray it as.
We’re humans. We live on land.
Sharks live in water.
So if you’re swimming in the water and a shark bites you, that’s called trespassing. That is called trespassing. That is not a shark attack.
A shark attack is if you’re chilling at home, sitting on your couch, and a shark comes in and bites you; now that’s a shark attack. Now, if you’re chilling in the water, that is called invasion of space. So I have never heard of a shark attack.
When I see on the news where it’s like, “There have been 10 shark attacks,” I’m like, “Hey, for real?! They’re just running around? Sharks are walking now, huh! We live on the land, we don’t live underwater.”

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:53:52 +0000

For the misinformed – no one has ever seen a White Shark breeding so whether or not Dillon beach is in fact a “breeding ground” is unknown. What is known is that they cruise the entire coast of northern and central California in great numbers, with a particular concentration in our little section of the coast here, hence the moniker “Red Triangle”.

Nevertheless, this story still sounds like an overdramatized load of crap.

By: Momo

Momo — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:16:12 +0000

Your account is well written. However, it seems to me from your report that we should not lose respect and insight for the fact that we are the Visitors to the ocean, and sharks are some of the residents there. I surf Dillon Beach too and I love that nature is realtively unspoiled there. That means sharks can live there. (Imagine that!)
Have you ever considered that maybe it was not necessarily an “attack” on you, but you crossed paths erroneously, and that you may have disturbed him, or worse, that you may have actually aggravated the animal in the wild…

By: fred flintstone

fred flintstone — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:58:59 +0000

for the uninformed, Dillon beach is at the mouth of Tomales Bay which is a known great white breeding ground. I have surfed there many times but not without some wariness. I know someone who was scuba diving at the point and saw 2 great whites.