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I ran over some poor shark a few nights ago kiteboarding off Delray, me not the shark. I think it was a lemon shark and he blasted out of there at there at high speed as I came up on him on the surface. Still shark sightings can be fairly rare for kiters in many areas. Where to find them more often? Fish schools particularly active ones Diving sea birds Around the time of known shark and fish migrations Sunset In and near inlets Fishing piers Fishing boats Dropoffs Outfalls Places with a history of problems Looking at statistics: 1882-2004 Map of Florida's Confirmed Unprovoked Shark Attacks (N=500) County Total #Fatal Last Fatality Volusia 171 0 Brevard 85 1 1934 Palm Beach 55 0 Martin 24 0 St. Lucie 22 0 St. Johns 21 0 Duval 18 2 1976 Florida Keys 17 1 1952 Indian River 15 1 1998 Broward 9 1 2001 Dade 9 1 1961 Pinellas 8 2 2000 Bay 7 1 1988 Collier 5 0 Escambia 5 0 Flagler 5 0 Sarasota 4 0 Lee 4 0 Santa Rosa 2 1 1911 Franklin 2 0 Manatee 2 0 Nassau 2 0 Okaloosa 1 0 General 7 1 1896 FLORIDA 500 12 2001 From: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks...tack/mapFL.htm Sadly, there have been some more since 2004. On the whole, unstable weather is a VASTLY greater threat to kiteboarders than sharks by far based on accidents. Avoid the obvious issues with sharks (aside from that I don't dwell on sharks) but really focus on weather. What do you guys think?
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