I went surfing at a place called “Sharks”. It’s a 1 mile paddle out through a channel that drains a river outlet from the North Shore. The placed is named for sharks that are spotted in great numbers.
The surf was big that day, about 8′-10′ (16′ to 20′ wave faces) and no one else out. You need a big board to paddle the mile out and catch the massive waves. I had my 10′ 6″ board. It was a great session as the water was calm and glassy with huge swells coming in every 10 minutes or so.
During one of the waits between sets of waves, I spotted a white boat about 1 mile away. It seems like that boat is always there whenever I surf “Sharks”. The boat was about as far away as the shore, so I was equa-distant between both.
The session was great and uneventful in terms of danger. A few days later, the big news in Hawaii was that the boat I was looking at is part of shark tour business (they chum for sharks and put tourists in cages to look at them) was witness to a massive GREAT WHITE SHARK at about 18′ long! In turns out that was the same day and time that I was in position.
I was glad he was interested in their feet dangling in the cage and not mine dangling from my board…
