Posted on 06/27/2022 3:49:26 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Shark attacks are an uncommon occurrence, estimated at 1 in 11.5 million, but if you're attacked by a great white shark you're most likely on California's Central Coast.
The "Red Triangle" is an area of the California coast where an out-size number of great white shark attacks take place.
The area goes from Bodega Bay, to the Farallon Islands, and down Point Sur.
More than one-third of all great white shark attacks have happened in this area of the Pacific Ocean.
A history of Central Coast shark attacks, from the Global Shark Attack File:
1899 - Monterey Bay, Monterey County
1952 - Pacific Grove, Monterey Bay, Monterey County
1955 - Pacific Grove, Monterey County
1960 - Aptos, Santa Cruz County
1966 - Pebble Beach, Cypress Point, Monterey County
1972 - Point Sur, Monterey County
1974 - North of Point Sur, Monterey County
1978 - Pajaro Dunes, Santa Cruz County
1981 - South Moss Beach, Spanish Bay, Monterey Peninsula
1982 - Monastery Beach, Carmel Bay, Monterey County
1986 - Monastery Beach, Monterey County
1989 - Monterey Bay, Monterey County
1990 - Monastery Beach, Carmel Bay, Monterey County
1991 - Horseshoe Reef, Scott Creek, Davenport, Santa Cruz County
1995 - Bluefish Cove, Pt. Lobos State Park, Monterey County
1995 - Carmel, Monterey County
1999 - Waddell Reef, Santa Cruz County
2006 - Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County
2006 - Monterey, Monterey County
2007 - Marina State Beach, Monterey County
2009 - Davenport, Santa Cruz County
2011 - Marina State Beach, Monterey County
2012 - Pleasure Point, Santa Cruz County
2012 - Davenport Landing, Santa Cruz County
2014 - Manresa State Beach, Santa Cruz County
2016 - Capitola, Santa Cruz County
2017 - Monterey Bay
2017 - Stillwater Cove, Monterey County
2017 - Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County
2020- Pleasure Point, Santa Cruz County
2020 - Sand Dollar Beach, Santa Cruz County
2021 - Capitola Beach, Santa Cruz County
So lotsa swimmers get attacked at that point 100 or 200 miles out to sea, West of Frisco?
There is so much we can learn from Great White Sharks.
Their work on Faster Than Light travel is incredible.
Before Rawhide, while Clint Eastwood was in the military, there was a boating accident and Clint had to swim through all that to get to shore. I forget how far he had to swim. At the time, he did not know that it was shark infested waters.
The question, do women entering the water, during shall we say "That time of the month," physically constitute shall we say CHUM, thus endangering other people's lives?
Or is this a question, to never be answered / touched?
My question goes more toward, that sharks can smell blood in the water, from a mile away.
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