More Info On Saturday’s Shark Attack
The surfer who was killed yesterday in a shark attack at Glentana Bay in the Southern Cape was Gerhard van Zyl, 25, a Mossel Bay local. He was surfing with a friend at the small seaside village when the shark attacked.
National Sea Rescue Institute spokesperson Craig Lambinon said they were called out around 3.30pm, soon after the attack. Van Zyl’s lower right leg had been bitten almost completely off. When authorities arrived, a friend had pulled him out of the water, and had helped to tie a tourniquet around his injured leg.
Lambinon said NSRI volunteers, ER24 paramedic services, Netcare 911, the police, Metro ambulance and rescue services and a Red Cross AMS helicopter had been called to the beach.
“We found him on the beach and treated him for amputation to his right leg,” said Lambinon. “He was airlifted to a hospital in George and when he got there, was declared to be in a critical condition. He was later declared dead.”
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Hmmm…that’s on the warm water, tropical side of SA. Interesting.
No, its winter down there at the moment and the water is definately not tropical. In the summer you can surf in baggies down there but it still gets cool. Shark is 99.99% a Great White. That area has always been known as a very great white sharky area. When you drive past on the N-2 there are always thick lines rolling through there. Always looked like an awesome spot.
Concur.
Definitely a White shark.
It’s a White Allright. I live in SA, and am a huge shark Fan.
Rembmer that spot is not “that” far from Gansbay,Falsebay and Seal Island, some of the most densly populated areas of White sharks in the world.
The Entire southern tip of our country is allmost a hotspot for them. There was recently even n White shark spotting close to Durban/Port Shepstone, Something that rarely happens…..
i say kill the thing how many more must be killed by the shark!!!