Comments on: Shark Encounter at Linda Mar (Pacifica) on Wednesday, September 2, 2009

By: B.V.B.

B.V.B. — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:33:08 +0000

There is sea life in the ocean.

By: The little one

The little one — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 22:36:35 +0000

Tunitas is always always sharkie. It is closer to Ano Nuevo ( little hell’s kitchen). September and October is always the season to be the next yum yum. Great Whites are always out there no matter what. Since the Farallon Islands is only 27 miles (43 km) outside the Golden Gate and 20 miles (32 km) south of Point Reyes. It’s not really really far for any Great Whites to swim back and forth for a yummy seal. Enjoy your poker games.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:58:21 +0000

Tunitas? You mean “don’t eat us” right?
haha.

Yeah, tons of wildlife at OB this year. Did anyone also notice a “red tide” effect last Tuesday?
The water at the north end of the beach was a reddish brown color and it stank.

By: G

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:10:40 +0000

I surfed Tunitas a bunch this summer, and I’m 90% sure I saw a white on one occasion. About 20 yards outside, I saw a large, dark fin that was shaped more angular than a dolphin’s. It was cruising north to south. I stared at it for about three seconds and booked it to the beach. The waves were crud so my buddy and I went home. Sketch.

By: mr.crabs

mr.crabs — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:44:14 +0000

I came across a Sea lion carcass at the high water line on the north end of Linda Mar Sunday (6th). It had clearly been mauled.

By: warren samuels

warren samuels — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:53:41 +0000

Down here in the monterey bay I’ve seen a lot of dolphins and sea lions, but more notably a lot of jumping small fish like anchovies. Anyway, They closed New Brighton and Sea Cliff because a witnesses sited a shark attack on a dolphin. It’s the ocean!

By: plankton

plankton — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:01:20 +0000

Local fisherman speak “affectionately” of “Herman the Merman,” a great white who trolls the headland bet. rockaway and lindamar.

By: Surferman

Surferman — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:41:52 +0000

Yeah, there has been tons of wild life this year. I haven’t surfed Linda Mar this year yet, but OB has been steaming with life as well.

By: Baitball

Baitball — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:48:47 +0000

I surfed that exact spot earlier in the day 1-3 p.m. and there was a ton food chain activity. Three seals rolled around the area the whole time and took some waves too. Several dolphin were around as well. This is not to cast doubt on a multiple sighting per se, but it was like Grant Central at rush hour and I was very vigilent.

By: Lothar

Lothar — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:08:39 +0000

I was surfing with a pack of 4 people trying to wedge into a solo peak on a crowded evening at Linda Mar. I caught a few waves and had been out about 30 minutes and was watching the sunset waiting for a set. I was positioned about 75 yards south of the large rock on the north end. As I watched for a set wave a fin at least a foot tall came out of the water and traveled from left to right about 5 to 10 yards in front of me. It came out in slow steady fashion traveled about 3 yards and then went under slowly. The fin did not appear to move like a dolpin fin which is usually up and down in a curved motion. It appeared to be moving in a straight line and in trim. I live on a cliff by the ocean and surf OB, Montara, and Pacific Grove which are all supposedly sharky. I never get out of the water, but yesterday I did and I am glad I made that decision. Another weird thing is right after I saw the fin a wave appeared out of nowhere and I was able to take it all the way in. KARMA “Be positive in the water and don’t be punk – there are a lot of biginners in the water and we should all cut them slack” I did not claim shark because I did not want to create a panic and I was in shock when I saw the large fin that I didn’t get a 100% ID on the triangular shape of the fin. Regardless, I will be back in the water in no time. Aloha and get some waves!!!!