Blonde Stranger wrote:Sam wrote:Blonde Stranger wrote:OceanCityGirl wrote:I think my swimming for this summer is over.
no need for that. As the others have said the sharks are always there. And the risk is low. If you are really worried avoid the water during dusk and dawn, don't swim in the same area where people are fishing, don't go in the water with any open cuts.
Surfers get hit more often because a surfer laying on a board looks like a turtle to sharks, which means food.
I know, but next weekend this thread will be foremost on my mind and I'll probably wimp out (although if the jellyfish finally arrive that will keep me out of the water for sure). Maybe I'll take my kayak out on the bay instead.
Did I mention my bathing suit has shiny objects on it?
Can you say fishing lure? MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA
I don't know about everywhere else, but here, there are several rivers and sounds nearby. If one chooses to overfly the beaches...one will usually see large numbers of sharks.
If I wasn't so damned afraid of flying I would take one of those shoreline helicopter tours just for the purpose of checking the water for shadows. It's really hard to see anything if you're in the surf in NJ - the water is almost always a very dark murky green and opening your eyes underwater is useless.
In NJ, I think almost the entire coast is fronted by barrier islands with numberous inlets and channels behind them. Most are shallow but some have been dredged and are pretty deep.
If you can get over your fear of flying...try to time the flight for a low tide
and with the sun. You want the sun to be bright and clear and shiny lighting up the water.... depending on the angle of the sun and the tide. You will be surprised at what you can see besides "mere shadows" no matter how murky the water is, from above. Have good quality sunglasses, a good pair of binonculars, and if possible and a good camera with a zoom lense.
I don't know how much the trip cost you, where you are. I have friends that love to fly, and they want to log in some air time, and usually need only a short notice on when to go up....
I am not sure if they are involved with the whale watching or not.... we have the Right whale ( as opposed to Left or Wrong whale
) that stop by here to calve anytime between late January and March. But I keep meaning to make the time, to go up and look for them.
The sounds are more or less, breeding grounds for sharks. We have numerous barrier islands here, wit Cumberland Isand being the largest of the barrier islands and also being a National Seashore/ Park. Reliable rumor has it, that JB does visit it occasionally. h
