As I recently did a radio interview for ABC Australia, I thought I would go over some of what we talked about.

It is always wise to check and see if a particular beach has had Shark activity.

Don't swim alone. Swimming alone and not as part of a group can single you out as potential prey.

Do not swim near river outlets, Bull Sharks and Great Whites frequent these areas and Bulls will actually swim into fresh water. Salmon swim into rivers and these are prey items for both species.

Do not swim with your dog, your dog has erratic movements in the water which can be picked up as a distressed fish by Sharks.

Water clarity, murky water lowers visibility and the same goes for a Shark.

Do not swim near or with Seals. These are prey items.

Do not swim when people are fishing, this is an attractant for Sharks.

Avoid swimming at dawn and dusk typical feeding times for Sharks.

Avoid wearing jewelry, light reflecting off the jewelry can be an attract and look like the light flashing off a fishes scales.

Should you encounter a Shark, you should watch and see what the shark is doing and withdraw. Make sure other people around you know that a Shark is present.

Should you ever get bit by a Shark, punching the Shark in the gills or eye will often make the animal release. Sharks teeth are razor sharp and most attack victims feel little pain, due to the razor sharpness of the teeth. The teeth are designed to cut flash and bone with ease. This way the prey item will bleed due to the wounds not caurterizing to stem blood loss.

Sharks are in the water around us a lot and most people don't realise this. Sharks do not single humans for food. Sharks are not rogue killers and trying to find the one that just attacked a human is remote.

Attacks are very rare!

More people will drown in our oceans.


You have a 1 in 2 million chance of drowning here in the USA.

You have a 1 in 11.5 million chance of being attacked by a Shark.

In the USA an average of 2700 people will drown in our pools, ponds, lakes and oceans each year.

In 2000 the lifeguard association in the USA rescued over 70,000 people from drowning.