Photos, credit US Coast Guard San Francisco On Wednesday October 16 an aggregation of approximately 20 sharks were observed by two US Coast Guard helicopter patrols. The Coast Guard helicopter from Station […]
Read MoreSharktober- Avoiding a Great White Shark Attack in the Red Triangle
It is Sharktober. This is the term surfers refer to the months bordering and including October when peak white shark activity and shark attacks occur along our coastline. The Bay […]
Read MoreTourists Witness White Shark Preying on Pinniped Near Alcatraz
A shark preying on a seal at the Alcatraz Island dock was witnessed by a group of tourists and park officials Saturday. At around noon tourists waiting for the ferry […]
Read MoreWatching Sharks-Sound Shark Ecotourism Practices
Shark Ecotourism can be done right and it can be done wrong. Large concentrations of sharks are not always natural. Left over fish that decays on reefs can create an […]
Read MorePAST Sharktober Events
Sharktober Events 2013 September 7th, Okeanos Performance with the America’s Cup Healthy Ocean Project David McGuire, featured speaker, Talk 7:00 PM, Performance 7:30, Q&A to follow September 18th Shark Bites, […]
Read MoreExploring the Devils Teeth, Expedition to the Farallon Islands
Few people think of the waters off San Francisco as mysterious, but just offshore are a small group of islands rooted in history, drama and danger. Frequently shrouded by fog and engulfed […]
Read MoreSharktober- News for Sharks
Sharktober and Sharktoberfest is here and we need your help! Calling all sharks! Sharktober, is in full swing and we need the help of our volunteers to make a really […]
Read MoreIts Sharktober- lets celebrate and save some sharks!
It is now year six of Shark Steward’s Sharktober events reaching nearly 10,000 directly in the Bay Area. Originally started in 2008 to motivate the public and leverage passage of the (now […]
Read MoreSwimming the Devil’s Teeth
I am an open water swimmer. Like a few hundred others at the South End Rowing and the Dolphin Club, I routinely swim in the Bay year round, without wetsuit. […]
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