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great shark white invites itself among surfers! (5/9/2010)

A large white among surfers

A great white shark "five or six meters," according to eyewitnesses, was invited yesterday morning qualifying heats the Melanesian Cup taking place at Ouano. The Lord of the Seas departed as quietly as he came to train as a senator. This is the third major observation in our white water in three weeks.

Beautiful weather, waves of one meter to four feet, clear water. Yesterday morning, Ouano (La Foa), the password of Uaraï, the weather was perfect. This is where the qualifying races were held in the Melanesian Cup to be held in ten days. After an hour of competition and then a second set of sprites (girls) had just started, a great white shark has come to walk under the judges' boat, placed to the left of the wave. "We were with our shelves by hand, and then all of a sudden, someone yelled:" What is that? ", Pointing to a huge dark mass that was to find three or four meters from the surface," says Dominique, one of the judges. "We're all hypnotized and was stuck for a few seconds before responding." First reflex out of the water two youths who were near the boats, even as the shark came from below them pass quietly enough. Second immediate concern: preventing competitors, located a hundred meters from the boats. "We took the megaphone to shout at them to regroup along the reef, the location of the spot where there is less water," continues Dominique.

Act III: Pick of the moorings and launch boats. "The engine noise does not really seemed to impress him. The shark has had time to come and go, along the boards hung on the back of a boat, "says Dominic. The witnesses at the scene saw the wing - "thirty or forty centimeters "- Flush with the surface of the water. Once the dozen surfers retrieved sea, witnesses have not seen the big shark. "It was just huge. I wonder if the four arms of a man could have done the trick. At the same time, it was moving at a pace very quiet. He was really calm. We saw just waving. Once ashore, after a quarter of an hour's boat, the organizers have obviously decided to stop competing. Enough excitement for the day. Especially for Amaury's son Dominic. On March 6, 2009, had his way crossed that of a great white. It was under his eyes than his buddy Kevin, with whom he surfed at Secret spot Bourail, had died after one fatal shark attack recorded on a surfer in New Caledonia. "Somehow he was able to share his fears with others," concluded his father. This time, it ended well.

Three white shark seen in three weeks

the lagoon is more popular, more observations of shark are likely to multiply. Out of this truism regularly referred to by scientists, the presence of the lord of the seas in our waters seems more and more common. The proof in three weeks, this is the third time a great white is seen at very different places. The weekend of August 15, a helicopter pilot flying over the lagoon in the area of islet N'Go, south-east of the island Ouen. There he spotted a great white, whose size was, in his words, "about half that of the helicopter, which measures eleven meters. The following weekend, another great white shark is photographed in the South in the sector increased from Mato. "From the photos, it would be a female, relatively thin, which had perhaps put down, the clear color," says Philippe Tirard, a specialist from the IRD. The author of these photos did not formally dated déclaré.Son testimony might help inform scientists interested in the question. The third and final observation date can be traced back to this weekend. According to Philippe Tirard, an individual of this size (five to six meters) can easily reach the ton. Statistically speaking, the presence of great whites in New Caledonian waters is higher in September. These large sharks, located atop the food chain, usually living in cold and temperate waters, are known to follow the path of whales.

Source: http://www.lnc.nc/pays/faits-divers/229540-un-grand-blanc-parmi-les-surfeurs.html