I was down at Brighton Beach this afternoon and there was one very tired looking seal about 20 feet from the water line.

He could hardly look around to see us walk past the back of him, and stayed in the same position for 2 - 3hrs that i was there.

We discussed the different causes and then came along a experianced diver who backed up our theory.

It was suspected that this seal had been chased to exhaustion by a predator. They literally swim for the lives for such a distance when they are lucky enoough to make it out of the water they are so exhausted and have no immediate interest in going back in the water.

Or the seal could of been sick ?

A few years a go at Brighton a mate Dan was surfing with two others when a seal came in very fast and went straight up the beach, following was a 2-3m tiger shark.
It circled them for 5mins then swam away. I think they were very lucky it didnt have a go at them as it must of been hungry.
I have heard of seals hanging there before and it seams weired that they would go there?

He was lucky he didn't get a ticket. Its a dog beach not a seal beach. Sheesh..

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doggie said...

A few years a go at Brighton a mate Dan was surfing with two others when a seal came in very fast and went straight up the beach, following was a 2-3m tiger shark.

Was this in late Summer? I think this particular case is most likely to be a GWS than a Tiger as the TS doesn't tend to like it this far south of the Equator this time of the year even with the Leeuwin Current

It's a pretty sharky time of the year around Perth. Tired/panicking seals are a good indication for me to not go in the water for too long

Ioz, how big was the seal? Roughly...

It was probarly a one bite size for a big noah or two bite size for a six footer

just a seal on the small to medium size.

very subdued, it was like it was all depressed after coming down from something huge.

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subasurf said...

doggie said...

A few years a go at Brighton a mate Dan was surfing with two others when a seal came in very fast and went straight up the beach, following was a 2-3m tiger shark.

Was this in late Summer? I think this particular case is most likely to be a GWS than a Tiger as the TS doesn't tend to like it this far south of the Equator this time of the year even with the Leeuwin Current

It's a pretty sharky time of the year around Perth. Tired/panicking seals are a good indication for me to not go in the water for too long

Ioz, how big was the seal? Roughly...

It was around summer time I think, would have been five or six years ago. Dan lived in Gero growing up and had seen plenty of Tiger Sharks, I guessed at the time he knew what he was talking about as he was fairly close to it.

Yep defo heading into shark season suba, always attacks around this time of year

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Ioz said...

It was probarly a one bite size for a big noah or two bite size for a six footer

just a seal on the small to medium size.

very subdued, it was like it was all depressed after coming down from something huge.

coming down from a couple of flippers perhaps...

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Woodo said...

Ioz said...

It was probarly a one bite size for a big noah or two bite size for a six footer

just a seal on the small to medium size.

very subdued, it was like it was all depressed after coming down from something huge.

coming down from a couple of flippers perhaps...

I didnt know they ate dolphins

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doggie said...

Woodo said...

Ioz said...

It was probarly a one bite size for a big noah or two bite size for a six footer

just a seal on the small to medium size.

very subdued, it was like it was all depressed after coming down from something huge.

coming down from a couple of flippers perhaps...

I didnt know they ate dolphins

Blue Dolphins

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doggie said...

Dan lived in Gero growing up and had seen plenty of Tiger Sharks, I guessed at the time he knew what he was talking about as he was fairly close to it.

Yeah I was referring to the current 'situation' in Brighton being a GWS, not your mate's encounter :p haha

Tigers are not uncommon there in the warmer months. I had a encounter with one just North of Cott 2 years ago when it was really warm. It's amazing how far south the come down on the LC.

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doggie said...

Dan lived in Gero growing up and had seen plenty of Tiger Sharks, I guessed at the time he knew what he was talking about as he was fairly close to it.

Yeah I was referring to the current 'situation' in Brighton being a GWS, not your mate's encounter :p haha

Tigers are not uncommon there in the warmer months. I had a encounter with one just North of Cott 2 years ago when it was really warm. It's amazing how far south the come down on the LC.

Hehe, ok yea ok

At this time of the year defo GWS I cant think of what else would be around that would attack something that big..

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jbshack said...

He was lucky he didn't get a ticket. Its a dog beach not a seal beach. Sheesh..

Dont talk to soon

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Ioz said...
very subdued, it was like it was all depressed after coming down from something huge.

Maybe a migration thing....

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Woodo said...

doggie said...

Woodo said...

Ioz said...

It was probarly a one bite size for a big noah or two bite size for a six footer

just a seal on the small to medium size.

very subdued, it was like it was all depressed after coming down from something huge.

coming down from a couple of flippers perhaps...

I didnt know they ate dolphins

Blue Dolphins

Not bad

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thommo 000 said...

Ioz said...
very subdued, it was like it was all depressed after coming down from something huge.

Maybe a migration thing....

Could be part of the governments new migration policy. A way to stop the boats. You now have to swim..

went for a paddle this morn with a dude wearing a black hood, closest thing to a seal was him! We were out at 3mile (reef not camp)
Talk about crapp'n myself, especially in the lulls!!

he was there for a Tupperware party....

He was looking for a tight seal.

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doggie said...

Dan lived in Gero growing up and had seen plenty of Tiger Sharks, I guessed at the time he knew what he was talking about as he was fairly close to it.

Yeah I was referring to the current 'situation' in Brighton being a GWS, not your mate's encounter :p haha

Tigers are not uncommon there in the warmer months. I had a encounter with one just North of Cott 2 years ago when it was really warm. It's amazing how far south the come down on the LC.

Caught a ripper tiger off Scarbs last summer on an unweighted mulie suprisingly close to shore. Was happy with my decision to have a fish before I went for a dive. I decided against the dive that day...

seals sometimes come ashore before they roll a 7 and make the journey to the harp farm.

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bakesy said...

he was there for a Tupperware party....

He was looking for a tight seal.

Ha ha!

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Woodo said...
Caught a ripper tiger off Scarbs last summer on an unweighted mulie suprisingly close to shore.

How big you reckon?

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subasurf said...

Woodo said...
Caught a ripper tiger off Scarbs last summer on an unweighted mulie suprisingly close to shore.

How big you reckon?

My boat is 17 foot and was easily over half the size of it.

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subasurf said...

Woodo said...
Caught a ripper tiger off Scarbs last summer on an unweighted mulie suprisingly close to shore.

How big you reckon?

My boat is 17 foot and was easily over half the size of it.

Jeepers!! Decent size shark!! That would take a chunk out of you

Sure would.
But Tigers are a strange breed hey. They've messed up plenty of humans, they eat pretty much anything that they can yet they are not anywhere near as aggressive as one would expect. I'd sooner swim with a Tiger Shark than a GWS or large Bully any day of the weak. Although Bulls are hit and miss also hahaha.

My Dad in his younger days used to do some shark fishing, late 50s early 60s, he
said that they came across a shark line so they started to pull it in.
On one of the hooks was a big tiger, so big that the only way he could decribe it was that the head was the diameter of a 44 gallon drum. He said the length was about 12-15 feet long aprox, so they must get fairly big when the food supply is good enough.

They certainly get big.
I spent about 45 minutes winching one up on our boat in Exmouth while we were deep sea fishing. Thankfully it bit through the wire trace as it got close to the surface. She was an absolute beast of a shark.

GWS are normally quite larger but T.Sharks (usually females) can grow past 5 metres if the feedings good like it is around Exmouth. I've got a T.Shark jaw in my office above my desk (no, I didn't kill it. Was from some research trip well over a decade ago when I was a little kid) and they possess a set of teeth that are just perfectly designed to separate you from your limbs

Kind of felt a bit guilty as i watched it swim off on one side of the boat then looked over my shoulder to see everyone having their morning swim/surf on the other side. Contemplated letting the clubbies know but meh, was at least a k off shore...

Meh, I never saw the point in worrying about sharks near the coast. They're always there, regardless if people see them or not

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subasurf said...

Meh, I never saw the point in worrying about sharks near the coast. They're always there, regardless if people see them or not

After my drive to work today, its safer to surf than to drive

You're telling me...my car got destroyed last week
Stripping her back this week for a rebuild

Yep. Would rather run my risks with a shark than all the knobs I have to deal with on the freeway everyday...