Google's news has a story about a 9 year boy who did the Alcatraz swim in SF Bay....
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Originally posted by aquageek
I watched a show last week on Altcatraz and they said this is actually one of the longest running urban legends, that of large predatory sharks in SF Bay. They said that the sharks around alcatraz are actually small and harmless.
However, knowing there are great whites 26 miles away would be enough to scare me.
I bet there are great whites within 26 miles of where I am sitting at the moment. Doesn't scare me one bit. :)
From what I've heard, the sharks in the Bay tend to stay in the southern portion where the water is warmer (this is their nusery after all). There are many large sharks in the Bay, but they are of the non-aggressive type.
And again, the water in the bay is not that cold. For us cold-adept people, 59 degrees is quite nice...
Originally posted by aquageek
I watched a show last week on Altcatraz and they said this is actually one of the longest running urban legends, that of large predatory sharks in SF Bay. They said that the sharks around alcatraz are actually small and harmless.
However, knowing there are great whites 26 miles away would be enough to scare me.
I bet there are great whites within 26 miles of where I am sitting at the moment. Doesn't scare me one bit. :)
From what I've heard, the sharks in the Bay tend to stay in the southern portion where the water is warmer (this is their nusery after all). There are many large sharks in the Bay, but they are of the non-aggressive type.
And again, the water in the bay is not that cold. For us cold-adept people, 59 degrees is quite nice...
