Thread: Kayaker and great white shark

Originally Posted by 7mm tragic

Great Whites been in Kawhia harbour this summer as well

They everywhere, no joke. I was swimming off Papamoa Beach a while back, saw two Bronze Whalers go past a few meters back and then another a few minutes later. About 10mins after that a lady started doing the jesus impersonation and started screaming and waving on the beach as soon as her feet weren't wet. I walked in from the water casually and asked what her issue was (knowing full well she'd seen a shark and was doing the white girl deal with it calmly thing). Got the full rendition with arm waving, the bouncing up and down, the wide eyes, the high pitch fast talking the full works.

Waited for her to finish and then told her I've been seeing them swim past for the last 1/2 hour, they're only bronzies and they are there for the fish no danger to us. The look I got was priceless, just did not compute at all.