Shark fin seen on lapsi reef

Seahunter · August 01, 2009, 21:21:11 CET

Quote from: fabrizioviper on July 31, 2009, 14:45:52 CET
@Seahunter i think we where 300mts far out from shore approximatly.

Ok, thanks, now I understand where.

baghira · August 03, 2009, 09:24:53 CET

300metres
only

oh shi...................

cal357magnum · August 03, 2009, 22:29:06 CET

Not to create panic but on Sunday 26th July ( the Sunday before the last) at about 0630 hrs we were about to start collecting long lines just off "il- mara" that is between Benghisa and Hal Far. As we were looking for the signal we spotted a tail tip swinging to and fro on the surface, just about 100m off the cliffs. Sticking about 2 feet from the water, long triangular shape. It was definitely a tail tip for sure. We approached it up to about four metres, and all of a sudden it dived, presumably as it felt the engine's vibration. Sorry to all of you for not commenting before but just saw the topic today. I spread the word to all I know in the meantime.

Gazzetta · August 03, 2009, 22:37:49 CET

Everyone is saying its because of tuna pens that we're getting more shark close to shore, so how come they are sited more near fifla area ? (zurrieq, ghar lapsi, tal-mara) maybe because they breed there ??

Chris

cal357magnum · August 03, 2009, 22:47:25 CET

Gazzetta I' ve been fishing that area, that is from tal- mara up to filfla since i was a kid. This is the first time I've seen one this close to land. To be honest I didn't recognise what type of shark it was from the tail tip. Some research i've made on the net told me it could be a basking shark (gabdoll) or a great white (from what i recall in the detail of the tail tip). http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Shark_Tail_shapes.svg/576px-Shark_Tail_shapes.svg.png

cal357magnum · August 03, 2009, 22:50:29 CET

http://paleo.cc/paluxy/bask1-lab.jpg.

Check this also.

fabrizioviper · August 04, 2009, 18:03:08 CET

@cal357magnum - i dont know if by coincidence or not but we saw it also on 26th july , at around 7.40 am.

cal357magnum · August 04, 2009, 20:05:19 CET

Were you diving Fabrizio?

shanook · August 04, 2009, 20:36:36 CET

if the tip was swinging from side to side maybe it was a Mola (sun fish) as it looks like a shark fin except that it practically stays in the same position and swings from side to side.

cal357magnum · August 04, 2009, 22:33:19 CET

No shanook it wasn't a sunfish. As we approached it I noticed that its' body was much more streamlined than that, it was elongated. And the tip didn't look anything like that of a sunfish.

Arti2 · August 05, 2009, 07:35:02 CET

If someone takes some pics maybe we could verify at least the kind of shark. That is whether it is a greatwhite or a Basking Shark (Gabdoll).

fabrizioviper · August 05, 2009, 16:05:16 CET

@cal357magnum we had just anchored the boat and where going to dress up to start a day of spearfishing.

cal357magnum · August 05, 2009, 16:48:16 CET

I could have easily reached for my mobile to take some pics but to say the truth at that moment I went for the gaff! That is, till I recognised what it was!!

fabrizioviper · August 05, 2009, 18:42:02 CET

i had my underwater camera with me on the boat ,but at that time my mind just blanked, told stephen look , he told me thats a shark, and he pulled up the anchor at a 100 mls per hour. lol

Destination Sea · August 05, 2009, 19:54:50 CET

yesterday was at B Bugia and a friend of mine told me that they spotted a shark near the freeport terminal breakwater. Dont know if its true but i will take note since i have to go to my boat about 25 m from shore with my challenger dinghy( the yellow type) and do not like to see a white face in front of me. i will start using the oars now and not my hands anymore.