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Tourist films shark while watching dolphins
by Howard Swanwick
28/07/2007:// A holiday maker visiting the English Riviera near St Ives has filmed what experts are saying is very possibly the first confirmed sighting of a Great White in English waters.
Richard Peirce, of the Shark Trust, confirmed that the fish was indeed approximately twelve feet long, with a white under belly. Caution is being excercised in this claim, as many previous sightings have in fact been put down to the White's close cousin, the Porbeagle Shark. He said: “It clearly has a white belly like a Great White. And something about the way it breaches — twisting as it leaps out of the water — also suggests it is. I’m very excited at the prospect.”
The shark appears to be playing with, or preying upon, a pod of dolphins in the ocean. Lifeguards have been ordered to clear beaches if they have a confirmed sighting of such an animal.
Although Whites have been suspected of visiting British waters for soem time, no one has ever managed to confirm a sighting. Global warming and changing sea currents could possibly explain a change in their migratory patterns.
The 2008 Beachley Classic got underway this morning, completing Rounds 1 and 2 as well as the opening two heats of Round 3 at nearby Freshwater Beach in clean two-to-three foot (1 metre) waves
Layne Beachley (AUS), 36, has officially announced her retirement from full-time competition, effective at the end of the year
Former Exeter University student Josh Lewin first heat at the Ocean and Earth Pro in the Canary Islands has been delayed because the 2ft surf was deemed uncontestable
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