A great surfing day at the beach

by Lars Anderson
(Ponte Vedra beach, FL)

Well, I had been in the water for an hour and a half at this point and there were maybe 15-20 other surfers out there.

I was with my own little group of people and about 5 feet in front of my board, i see a fin come up. my friend saw the body of the shark and I was the first one to see it. I yelled shark! and everyone was out of the water in 2 min flat. it was maybe a 5-6 foot shark. But that's not the end of the story.

My friends and I decided to walk down the beach a little more and go back in. we were in the water for about 15 minutes and I had just caught a good wave and was paddling back out when I see my friends let the white water from a big wave take them in.

I asked them what was going on and they said that they saw another, bigger shark next to them. they said that they thought it was about 7-8 feet. by then, we just left the beach with a great story to tell.

Jacksonville, FL, Ponte Vedra beach