Shark-safe wetsuits? Would different colors help?

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5-02-2008 @ 9:25AM

EvanA said...

I'm a surfer, you won't catch me wearing anything other than black or grey in the water. Surfers are probably the most style conscious athletes. Here's a link to some guy that had your same idea (BTW, no surfer actually uses this stuff).

http://www.sharkcamo.com/

Also, there are plenty of attacks that happen in warm water without wetsuits. One just happened this week in Mexico:

http://surftherenow.com/2008/04/29/san-francisco-surfer-dies-from-shark-attack-in-troncones-mexico/

5-02-2008 @ 9:28AM

Iva Skoch said...

Thanks. I am fascinated by this. Are surfers generally not scared of sharks? When I dive, sharks don't scare me, but then again there hardly seems to be any attacks on divers...If I surfed, I would be frightened, I think.

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