Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. When blood and the ocean, that is when most swimmers want to get out of the open water. Fearful of a shark frenzy or at the least a shark encounter of the most unpleasant kind, swimmers know that blood can attract sharks. George Burgess, Director of the International Shark Attack File at the Florida Museum
Watch this video here, courtesy of CBS Los Angeles from Manhattan Beach, California. Media reports that an increase of sharks are seen in various locations around the world, including in Southern California. Is there an actual increase in the number of sharks along coastal waters? Have the protected marine waters around the world led to more sharks been
Walking up on shore and finishing a swim brings smiles to swimmers and their friends and family. The effort, the pain, the sacrifice suddenly evaporates and is replaced by joy. Charlotte Brynn did not have that opportunity to walk up on shore at the end of all of her swims during 2013. But those uncompleted swims never dimmed her bright smile. She
If one encounters a shark, the International Shark Attack File maintained by the American Elasmobranch Society at the Florida Museum of Natural History of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida conducts an investigation. Under the direction of George Burgess, the International Shark Attack File is a compilation of all known shark attacks
Jellyfish, currents, cold water, sea snakes, lightning, large waves...nothing strikes more fear in the hearts of open water swimmers than sharks. A fin in the water is a scene that open water swimmers dread. A dark body cruising stealthily under the water is even a worse nightmare come true. But a streamlined silhouette screaming up from the depths is the
