Thursday, December 4, 2014

Just me, the seals and yes, Mr. White was there too.....

For years we've joked about JAWS on Cape. Yesterday I was graced with an empty lineup. At least, I thought it was empty. Past the break I was greeted by a pair of grey seals. They were decently playful splashing me and such. They stayed close, really close, too close. About an hour into my session I was looking for sets on the outside and that's when I saw it. The largest dorsal fin I've encountered yet, distinctly shaped like that of a mid sized great white shark. I've been close before, bumped a few times in Florida, seen a black tip reef shark cruise by no more than 15 feet from where I was sitting....this guy was about 50 yards out from where I was. I kept surfing for another hour and a half. Eventually the waves died out. Someone call Brodie, we're gonna need a bigger boat!