I've surfed for 26 years, but I gave it up about 9 months ago. I had a shark attack happen next to me in June of 2021 in NC and it slowly took a toll on my mental state in the water. Constantly waiting for something to bite me while sitting in the lineup. It's all good, I still love the beach, still love to ride my longboard down the road. But floating in the ocean aint for me anymore. Mad props to watermen like Tamayo, who devote their lives to the ocean in an awesome way. Such a sad story. Thanks for the video.
Do you think attacks are increasing? If so, is it because sharks are protected and/or their prey is protected ie we no longer cull Great Whites, so they've increased. Obviously more people in the water & less fish. Maybe increased water temp??
@@TheAgentAssassinApparently depends on the shark. Great whites don't care at all about shark bands. Some kinds do, but I reckon it's sharks that aren't a threat to humans anyway.
Lol it’s funny to see people say this as a kid who grew up in the ocean surfing, fishing etc and I always surf by myself hahah and never think twice eh
Tamayo will be missed. He was a pro surfer, a lifeguard on the North Shore of Oahu and an actor. The surfing and ocean rescue communities along with many others will miss him. He lost an arm and a leg to the Tiger shark that got him. Incredibly sad.
Tamayo was one of the best in our generation and we’ve surfed goat island together a lot. He used to live there he’s surf goats a bunch in his life. It’s a sharky spot, have seen them out there, it’s a sketchy spot. One of the nicest guys in the entire surf scene it’s unfathomable that happened to him of all people.
@@angelabennett-engele1977 thank you. Feel for his wife and kids and family. I'm distant friend from part. Hard to think of anyone being killed by a big tiger they are so strong and vicious.
@@greenrush4313 what on earth are you talking about??? Hal reported on this attack very professionally, like hundreds of other news outlets and channels did. I think you need to grow up.
He was surfing in a place where surf photographer JON MOZO had an encounter with a really large Tiger shark a few years ago. Its one of the shakiest spots in East OAHU
See now why nobody told me that when I was there 😢 to be fair couldn’t find someone I trust to go seek them out and won’t go alone cause that’s asking for problems. To be fair I’ve been tempted by the big drop off from bowls to diamond head but without a boat that’s asking to disappear without a trace, still tho they definitely a few hanging out there that’s 100% certain, thing is they might stay pretty deep or a bit off it. Kinda how it was in the Red Sea, mako stalked me but never came close enough for me to see him, camera god him good in the distance tho. Looked right at it cause I felt being watched and my spidey sense tingled for a moment but I did not see him (I knew 100%) he was there. Still can’t believe I looked right at it and only saw blue but that mf saw plenty of me but left pretty quick cause my spidey sense stopped tingling after a few minutes. Thought it was in my head till after I came back from the dive and saw the pictures. See it clear as day lurking in the distance probably just 20-30m away max. Open ocean is scary and the Red Sea as beautiful as it is is terrifying for so many reasons. Def doing it again tho, I don’t learn.
It infuriates me watching that footage of those people messing with, harassing and torturing sharks!! They are NOT entertainment! Something to play with! LEAVE THEM ALONE!
It’s funny especially in Hawaii cause y’all worry about the wrong thing 😂 3 years surfing any swells I could and diving any time I could specifically looking for sharks. Even free dived at electric beach when a current brought in so much sand all along the west coast for whatever reason. Went all the way to the pipe and still couldn’t even see my fins or my buddy if we weren’t basically touching. Once we realised it’s not going to get better and this is a bad idea we left a nothing happened. To this day I’m not sure why I even went to check it out, I know way too much about sharks to do stupid sht like that. So 3 years never saw the tigers I was seeking but you want to know how many times I’ve almost went for the wrong wave and would have smashed head first into the reef or how many times I over did it and almost ran out of energy to fight some channels on the way back on big days. The answer is too many to count with a dozen that were really close call as in if I didn’t bail or pull out of it early I was a goner or at least breaking a limb. 10ft logs smashed me so hard in a patch of sand I could feel the two concrete slabs on either way and knew I get slammed just a foot to the right or left whatever hits is breaking on impact guarantee. With that one absolutely as close as you can get to kicking the bucket at Haleiwa early morning maybe 5 dudes out ad decisions lead me to a beating with no breath, at the time I didn’t know 8-10ft Haleiwa is very committed to claim your life and it got within a second I’d say, had I been held for one extra second or two I wouldn’t have made it back up. Being in the impact zone my leash breaks no one is finding my body and even if he doesn’t by the time anyone noticed I’m already a goner cause no lifeguards on duty that early and I was a good distance from the line up and honestly I wouldn’t want someone to risk their lives to come fish me out because I was being dumb. I made it out but was fine with going that way, I pushed too far and I last. I fought with everything to get that breath but if that wasn’t enough then I was ok saying GGs I had a good life. All this to say I’ve dived with a few sharks by now, got stalked by another few and yet never had the feeling of impending doom I’ve had during big swells or not even that big a swell. 8ft ain’t big but just a couple bad decisions consecutively and before you know it your fate is already locked. My advice is worry about the ocean before you worry about a shark cause the ocean will absolutely try and kill you or humble you whichever comes first.
@@The-GreenHornet you were interested enough to read it so ironic. Maybe stop scouring comment begging for attention and interjecting in conversation that have nothing to do with you with useless input and perhaps open trusted sources and go find the local witnesses to get your facts. Honestly I’m just curious but don’t care, people die everyday if we were to stop everything we are doing because of this fact then we’d end up doing nothing until we die. So mourn, cry a little and move on that’s what he wants. You don’t need to scour comments trying to be a dick to cope 🙃
"Our shark.....Fairwell and adieu to ye fair Spanish ladies. Fairwell and adieu ye ladies of Spain. For we have received orders for to sail back to Boston, and never more shall we see you again...he he ha ha Lol Lol."
Hi, Hal! I saw another video on yesterday's shark fatality. He lost an arm and a leg. They said that he paddled to Goat Island. Then, when he didn't return from his lunch break, they searched for him and found him as described earlier. OX
There’s been or will be an autopsy tho? Cause if he been missing that long can’t tell if he drowned or shark actually went for him. Tigers will scavenge. I mean it’s less likely here but there’s literally a monster that went to jail for a murder he had though he got away with years later because of a tiger shark of all things. Basically during the Capone days of ditching people in the harbour a shark happened to eat a corpse arm just before getting caught. They found the arm in it and traced it back to the mobster who went to jail cause now there was a body to trace him back to. Imagine committing murder and then spending half a decade or a decade I don’t remember how long thinking you Gucci just for a shark to ruin your sht 😅 couldn’t even write that
Never go in the ocean alone. If you take 1 friend, you chance of being attacked just lowered by half. Take 2 friends it's lowered to 1/3. Take a friend who's a shark magnet and don't get close to him you lower your chances of being the one attacked.
Do you even know the numbers? How many people do you think swim in waters on any given day? 300,000? 500,000? 1,000,000? How many of those are attacked by sharks in any way?
@@fixxxer7030 Why does someone always get upset when a person says they don't want to swim in the water? It doesn't affect you in any way. Most of us are well aware the chance is miniscule, that doesn't mean we have to take it. The sharks are better off, too when humans stay out of the water. I just see it as a win-win situation.
@fixxxer7030. I don’t give a d@mn if it’s one chance in 10 billion, being eaten alive by a predator twice my size is not a chance I will ever take no matter how minuscule. If you want to, then go ahead. No one is stopping you. I don’t know why you would care if I take the chance or not unless you’re just trying to sound smart by stating statistics anyone can find on the internet.
@@sxmvp Thank you. I had a scary and traumatic occurrence that happened to me in 1976 with a shark in San Diego, CA. I haven't been in the water since. My choice my number.
"He knew Jesus..." 🤔🙄😵💫 Please don't pretend that being demonstrably irrational and considering yourself to be a "fallen sinner" in need of salvation from an immoral, absent father figure is somehow good or noble. Faith is not and logically CANNOT be a reliable tool for discerning what is true from what is not true.
@@marshallcrocker8239 No, I do it when people assert things that they cannot demonstrate and that are demonstrably harmful. Beliefs aren't benign, they influence actions and how people vote. I want a world full of critical thinkers who actually CARE about what's true.
In Oahu we have the infamous Ocean Ramsey who swims and plays with tiger sharks and obvious getting them used to being around humans. Like Timothy Treadwell who was mauled to death by a grizzly bear in Alaska after playing with them for over 10 years, both Ocean and Timothy thought they were saving the bears and the sharks. Being Alaskan I have no doubt that these acts take the “wildness” out of bears and sharks and places these species in harms way. I know a wild animal has been fed by humans or treated as humans by giving them human names when I see a wild animal that will look me straight into my eyes. Respect all wildlife.
RIP Tamayo Perry. That really sucks but, when you get in that water you're a fool if you think it'll never happen to you. A team of wild mules couldn't drag me in that water. If there's one shark in the entire ocean, Im convinced he'll catch me.
I live in the cooler Pacific Northwest along the Columbia River. I know I'm safe here because, so far (knock on wood), bulls do not like cold freshwater. As great as sharks are at adapting, I'm sure that'll be changing soon.
I've talked with people from the Mediterranean who have no fear of sharks because they say they don't have them there. Then I come to Hal's channel, and find out are they dead wrong. The ocean is dangerous, period. Anywhere. And Hawaii is literally shark infested. People should know better. Only mostly young people risk their lives for surfing, they are too dumb to know better. Myself included, luckily I didn't enjoy surfing, but I did a lot of swimming. No more. Plenty of other ways to remain in nature.
@@stacyfaceTX amen. My mom took me 11, my sister 9 & little bro 3 to see Jaws when it came out. Then we went for the weekend to Laguna Beach, CA. Then everybody got in the water but me. They called me chicken. Yeah, ok. Jaws sniffing your butt right now! We got home & the news said they caught a 6' great white right where the dummies were floating calling me chicken. I would have died if that shark snatched one of my family members but, hey. You shouldn't have been in there to begin with, especially what we saw the night before. I had problems going in our swimming pool after that!
Here in Scotland I saw the recent attacks in Florida on the news, but I didn't see or hear anything about this. Poor guy,but surfing alone in Hawaii?He probably should have known better
He's probably done the same thing about five thousand times. Do you say 'well he was driving a car. he probably should have known better' when people die in random road accidents where they're not at fault?
@@aaaaaaasdee Car accidents and shark attacks are apples and oranges. Most car accidents are often the fault of one or more people involved. But either way, there are people around and help can be called if there's time for you to be saved. If you're in the ocean, you are sharing it with wild life that can hurt or kill you. If you're injured by anything out there, time is of the essence, especially where shark bites are involved. Being that he lost an arm and leg, its likely not promising that he could have survived it under the best of circumstances unless the bite placement allowed for tourniquets to be applied at both sights in time. But we'll never know because he was alone and lost his life before that could be established. I guarantee you he was not thinking of the "thousand of times he had been out there" without that happening. Bottom-line - he died young and by a predator in the ocean. Not a Chevy...
@@Playitstraight44 You typed a whole lot of words to say literally nothing. What is your point? That you should always completely minimize risk for every single thing you do? How? What does that even look like? Is that remotely practical? Everything you do in life has a level of risk. People surf solo (a seemingly risky activity) in many thousands of locations every single day and the number of shark attacks on lone surfers are absolutely minuscule. Similarly, people drive cars without thinking about it (an actually "risky" activity, with lifetime risk of motor vehicle death being a bit higher than 1% for regular car users - astronomically higher than any calculation you could make for lifetime risk of death by shark attack in any location on earth except for specifically a few locations on the southern coastline of Australia) and yet it would obviously be foolish to state that maybe someone who just got mashed to death in a car wreck 'probably should have known better'.
@@aaaaaaasdee whenever someone makes a comment about someone being killed by a shark I know I'm going to see a reply about people getting killed in car accidents, every time. The thing is, the majority of people probably drive a car,especially if they have a family, they need their car to go to work, go to the supermarket, drop their kids off at school etc,driving their car every day is something they have to do. Swimming or surfing in water inhabited by giant fish that can decapitate you is not something people have to do every day, it is just stupid. It's their choice of course
@@tabeccaletford408 I use the car example because it is an EXTREMELY dangerous activity (compared to surfing) that normal people do every day without thinking about it and in any remotely livable city or area, driving a car absolutely is a choice. You could instead choose to take much safer transport options or move to somewhere that has those options available. Nobody is putting a gun to your head saying you need to drive your car and you're an absolute midwit for thinking that retort is a 'gotcha' of any kind. I don't need to use car fatality statistics. There are a plethora of other relatively safe activities that people die doing at far greater rates than surfers being attacked by sharks. Here are just a few avoidable activities that have much higher risk of killing you than what happened to Tamayo: recreational cycling, skateboarding, canoeing, swimming in non pelagic bodies of water or swimming pools, owning a dog, hiking in the mountains, being even slightly overweight, accidentally taking too much medication (opioids, etc), accidental gun discharge in a farming or pest control context. Do you truly think that anyone dying due to not minimizing risk in every single aspect of their lives to avoid any and all extremely unlikely outcomes that may cause injury or death extremely infrequently should be ridiculed or called 'stupid'? Or that people should say 'haha well they should have known better'. If someone you know died while cycling, should people post 'She probably should have known better' online?
Anyone who thinks that just doesn’t define their terms well, so confusion would have lead them astray. I mean, impossible is outside the ream of possibility, so probability isn’t relevant. If one understands something is improbable, per the standard definition, they also understand it’s definitionally possible, and so they’d be contradicting themselves to think it’s impossible they’d get taken out by a shark. Not to be a dictionary Nazi or whatever, but seriously, anyone thinking like that is confused about what those words mean, and maybe should avoid dangerous situations completely.. 🤷♂️
@@nikolademitri731 While the distinction between "impossible" and "improbable" is important, the phrase "The improbable is only impossible until it becomes your reality" is meant to emphasize the unpredictable nature of life and to encourage vigilance. People often underestimate unlikely events because they seem distant or irrelevant until they occur. The phrase serves as a reminder that rare events can happen, urging individuals to be prepared and avoid complacency. It's less about misunderstanding definitions and more about recognizing that improbable events are part of reality and can impact anyone.
The chances of getting bit by a shark are so low like why 1 or 2 people die in a short period of time and people be like “I’m never going in ocean ever again!! 😡😡”
It’s good that you try to get the real story out immediately before authorities start putting the word out that it was a boating accident or Jack the Ripper.
I was out swimming the other day and i'm pretty darn sure I saw one inside a wave. There is a bunch of Whites hanging around right now. 3 weeks back we had an attack on a swimmer
Thanks for covering this and caring about the safety of others. Just saw a notification regarding it from local online newspaper. I vaguely remember him from Blue Crush. Guess he took one risk too many. Hard bitter pill for family and friends to swallow.
We just got back from Hawaii. We stayed on Wikiki Beach, and looking out our hotel window at 5:00 a.m., there were already dozens of surfers out in the water, which multiplied to hundreds later in the day. Many of these people were at least a half-mile out, and by themselves. Many were still out there at dusk, near darkness. Crazy.
Yes. I used to surf way outside Diamond head. The first time , I was fifteen years old . Very spooky . You see a rock or the reef and think it's a shark . I lived and surfed at various places on Oahu , but ironically I never saw a shark. But of course knew they were likely around. Moved back to Florida in 81 , and have seen many sharks .
I get where your coming from commentor but surfing is an addiction and I still remember my first time 7 years ago, coming home, and being like “man that was amazing” and I haven’t stopped since. I live in Florida actually by where the attacks are happening. It is getting scary.
You obviously have a real job. Guy died doing what he loved and spent every day of his life in bliss. It is not a loss if you know anything about liberty. It is about the pursuit of happiness for those who are actually free.
@@lodiagain-o4s dying in the pursuit of happiness is never a bad choice. Working a job 5 days a week that you dislike and think will give you permission to be free if you do it long enough; only to get paralyzed or die in an auto accident on the way home from your job. Again, I don’t think you understand freedom. Or irony.
Perfectly good statement - I guess we need to be lectured about what freedom is. Wow the ocean is life sustaining greatness that humans cant conquer, nor BREATH in, or we would have destroyed it already
Just heard on another channel (Tracking Sharks) that his arm and leg were gone. Going all the way to Goat Island on a board (basically open water) is enough of a risk. Alone is just suicide.
When I was stationed at Pearl Harbor we once were up about 2 miles offshore right around that same area and looking over the side of the ship we saw an enormous Tiger shark, at the time we were saying it was as big around as a VW Bug easily.
Authorities are not ruling out any of the 'Big Three," but he did sustain multiple bites that resulted in the loss of a leg and arm. Considering the area that he was in and his type of injuries, it appears to be a Tiger Shark attack.
I just heard about this this guy he had such a interesting adventerous life. Honestly never go into the water alone just as Hal said slowly the summer attacks are starting to pour in. My thoughts go out to his friends and family.
According to one article, Mr. Perry's attack was only one of 42 recorded incidents that have occurred in that area since 1828. It was certainly a terrible stroke of misfortune.
I just saw this on the news. Sharks are wrecking people this year. This is what they do. It’s their territory their house out there. Hope this sinks some common sense in the wacky ocean Ramsey
Has nothing to do with people diving else you’d have like hundred of thousands of people missing a year. That being said attacks are on the rise and if the Red Sea shows us everything it appears the combination warmer waters and overfishing mean hungrier sharks who have nothing to eat. So we aren’t on the menu but we sure are making sure we will be the last thing on the menu. Already happening in the Red Sea perhaps we starting to notice in other places. So unfortunately the common sense needs to trinckle down to people using km long nets scooping everything cause soon they’ll be out of a job and worse case scenario if things escalate fast we might be out of food completely because if land based ecosystems depend on marine ecosystems which we killing off the way evidence suggest then it’s a quick domino affect till we starving. Ironically the “smartest” species will be the first to drive it self to extinction knowing full well by then what it’s up to. Its kinda fitting actually
Have two good friends moved to Hawaii over 30 years ago Both would rather scuba dive than eat One is a former USN Air-see rescue swimer stationed on Aircraft Carriers during Vietnam They literally scuba dive 4-5 days a week weather permitting Both told me the see huge Tiger sharks every year talking 16 to 18 footers but last few years are seeing more and more really big Tiger sharks ones even 19-20 feet long twice a year at least now and expect to see Tigers 15-16 feet long crazy thing is they both still dive as much as ever because they get harassed by Tigers they encounter every year They both told me they NEVER dive alone and always dive in group's of 4 or more and everyone stays close. Both told me if tourists KNEW just how many big Tiger sharks are in Hawaiian waters they'd never go swimming Sorry wouldn't be me
I work for a company based on Maui, have many friends living on the island, have lived there myself 20 years ago, and it’s still my favorite place in the world. You are 💯 correct- many, many attacks go unreported and/or are purposely kept off the public radar. I know of a woman who quit her job at one of the major hotels, after a guest had been attacked earlier that week, and the hotel did not put up any notices/warnings. Tourism is not only Big Business, it is THE Business in certain parts of the world. The Cameron Robbins attack (Bahamas 2023) is a Netflix doc waiting to happen…
I believe this. I was on the big island last August. I swam out 500 yards with just a mask and snorkel all by myself no one around. I also hand a go pro. I didn’t realize since it was 5pm the tide was going out so I almost drown. I barely got back and the entire time I was recording behind me waiting for a tiger to snatch me up. It was terrifying. I have a lot of injuries too so never should have done that. Really stupid.
Surfing was ritual in the old days. Like counting coup. Risking your life in shark infested waters as a rite of passage. Now it's just a meaningless 'sport' where people literally have zero clue how dangerous a position they are placing themselves in. With no payoff, just risk. At least with spearfishing, also incredibly dangerous, you are getting some reward for your risk. Because there are plenty of other ways to connect with nature that don't involve becoming human shark bait.
@@femalecaks I've actually gone into restaurants and found that they do serve food that's not on the menu. Then again I've actually never seen a menu in the ocean.
The shark isn't going to go for anyone other than the person it has put the work into attacking. You do here sometimes where a person is attacked and someone comes to rescue and then there attacked. I think it doesn't happen very often still.
I work at a surf camp here in NE Florida and i always just grab my board and go out during our breaks. It really is fun instead of eating food (boring)
Very true, but most often they aren't interested in feeding, it's a different matter when they are hungry, or when they decide they want you out of their ocean. Nobody understands truly what a shark is thinking, and they ain't telling.
Correct, sharks deaths are rare and almost always happen at the surface. I think the number of annual shark deaths worldwide is only about 50. As a scuba diver, I have swam with reef sharks, nurse sharks, hammerhead sharks and tiger sharks and have not yet experienced any aggressive behavior UNDERWATER. however, I am most vigilant when on the surface exiting or entering a dive boat. Surfers appear to be a greatest risk of attack because their silhouette can be confused by a shark for a seal.
@@WTHenry2023 All true but the amount of attacks and especially fatal attacks are going up and scientists all have differing theories as to why. It seems Egypt, Florida, Australia, Bahamas, Cape Cod and now Hawaii are on the sketchy list more than ever and I would imagine the trend continues in other typically sharky areas like Southa Africa and Recife in Brazil.
@@professorkaos2781 I checked the attack numbers and they are still extremely low considering the number of people who go into the oceans every year.. In 2023, there were 69 unprovoked shark attacks worldwide and only 10 fatalities out of the 69 unprovoked attacks worldwide. Surfing accounted for 42 percent of the incidents. The deaths get an inordinate amount of coverage because they spark our primal fear of being the victim of predation and therefore get a lot of views ($ from advertisers) on mainstream media.
I surfed for almost 50 years and a lot of that time was in Hawaii. In my time there I saw sharks often, mostly white and black tips. Being a haole, I surfed a lot of the 'out of the way' or sharky breaks because no one would be out to hassle me. My favorite spot was the outer reefs in Kaaawa at Swanzy Beach Park and Kahana Bay! That place is insanely sharky and has big tigers there! I knew they were there but never had a problem because I don't act like bait in the water and always stay far away from people who do. You got to show respect in the ocean.
Doesn't matter. Your time will come eventually if you continue this illusion that you have any control over a dinosaur's goal to predate. They survived millions of years before humans, they will survive long after humans.
@@catonines Every time you paddle out, there is a level of risk. I'm advocating managing the risk as best you can by understanding your environment, showing respect for the ocean and wildlife, and not acting a fool while being oblivious to your situation. Remember, the only promise to you in this life is adventure! Enjoy the ride! 🎈
I’m a 14 year old surfer from Florida I’ve been going out since 6. It pains me to see 2-3 people get bit in a short time period and be like “I’m never ever going in the ocean again!! 😡” I just don’t get it? Don’t they know the risk is rally low?
I’ve surfed Hawaiian islands since I was a kid Oahu born. All surfers who spend serious time in waves 🌊 come across and have shark encounters. I’ve been really close to BIG tigers on the west and east side but it wasn’t my day. We respect them as we should and go in when needed. It’s part of our life but it’s sad to lose our brothers and friends this way .. they are now as we will be someday part of the ocean 🌊 RIP Tamayo Perry🌺🌊
Wow, dude was a famous surfer from the around the 2000s. This is wild. I'm getting my surf news from Hal now 😅 Theres beautiful spots empty in Hawaii, usually very sharky. Use your sixth sense, if it feels weird it probably is
If that polar bear bites you it’s only because he was curious or it was only just mistaken identity. So don’t worry, go back and have some fun around those bears.
I've surfed for 26 years, but I gave it up about 9 months ago. I had a shark attack happen next to me in June of 2021 in NC and it slowly took a toll on my mental state in the water. Constantly waiting for something to bite me while sitting in the lineup. It's all good, I still love the beach, still love to ride my longboard down the road. But floating in the ocean aint for me anymore. Mad props to watermen like Tamayo, who devote their lives to the ocean in an awesome way. Such a sad story. Thanks for the video.
Which beach? I lived in Carolina Beach for years
I wonder if shark bands work? Doesn't seem like they would work for ambush style attacks.
It only works if the sharks really really like the kind of music they're playing.
Do you think attacks are increasing? If so, is it because sharks are protected and/or their prey is protected ie we no longer cull Great Whites, so they've increased. Obviously more people in the water & less fish. Maybe increased water temp??
@@TheAgentAssassinApparently depends on the shark. Great whites don't care at all about shark bands. Some kinds do, but I reckon it's sharks that aren't a threat to humans anyway.
Tamayo was also an accomplished and current life guard. R.I.P.
Surfing and scuba diving-two water activities that you NEVER want to do alone.
Surfing and scuba diving, Two water activities you NEVER want to do.
Lol it’s funny to see people say this as a kid who grew up in the ocean surfing, fishing etc and I always surf by myself hahah and never think twice eh
@@user-gv5py2wk9d good for you man. I hope your luck never runs out. 💪
@@user-gv5py2wk9d jeah, cant wrap my head around it too^^
Sometimes I hlke alone in bear county😂🐻@@user-gv5py2wk9d
How tragic for a guy who was had so many years of experience surfing. Had made a good life for himself…just one surfing trip, wrong time, wrong place.
Wasn't a surf trip, he's was on break at work. Anyway sucks
Tamayo will be missed. He was a pro surfer, a lifeguard on the North Shore of Oahu and an actor. The surfing and ocean rescue communities along with many others will miss him. He lost an arm and a leg to the Tiger shark that got him. Incredibly sad.
He was found missing an arm and leg so he likely bled out in the initial attack
Doesn't sound like a case of mistaken identity. They are targeting people.
He was a lifeguard and ocean safety expert too. Goat Island is a known "sharky" place and he would have known that.
Tamayo was one of the best in our generation and we’ve surfed goat island together a lot. He used to live there he’s surf goats a bunch in his life. It’s a sharky spot, have seen them out there, it’s a sketchy spot. One of the nicest guys in the entire surf scene it’s unfathomable that happened to him of all people.
@@ChalrieDI imagine this is a tough loss for his circle of friends and family. Thoughts and prayers to you all.
@@angelabennett-engele1977 thank you. Feel for his wife and kids and family. I'm distant friend from part. Hard to think of anyone being killed by a big tiger they are so strong and vicious.
@@ChalrieD I am so sorry for the loss of your great friend. He sounds like a great man full of the true aloha spirit. 💔
yeah it's his fault, right? SMFH.
I just read about this and figured it would be showing up on your show very shortly.
You're on it Hal!
Yes, he’s on it all right with the wrong information so quick to get the glory and the kudos but who cares about facts right?
@@rickdillenbeck7397 I AGREE RICK HAL NEEDS TO GROW UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@rickdillenbeck7397 this is literally the first time he ever reported on an attack the next day
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@@greenrush4313 what on earth are you talking about??? Hal reported on this attack very professionally, like hundreds of other news outlets and channels did. I think you need to grow up.
RIP Tomayo 🙏 this guy was a legend, I was always told that spot is sharky when I was on the island
He was surfing in a place where surf photographer JON MOZO had an encounter with a really large Tiger shark a few years ago. Its one of the shakiest spots in East OAHU
See now why nobody told me that when I was there 😢 to be fair couldn’t find someone I trust to go seek them out and won’t go alone cause that’s asking for problems. To be fair I’ve been tempted by the big drop off from bowls to diamond head but without a boat that’s asking to disappear without a trace, still tho they definitely a few hanging out there that’s 100% certain, thing is they might stay pretty deep or a bit off it. Kinda how it was in the Red Sea, mako stalked me but never came close enough for me to see him, camera god him good in the distance tho. Looked right at it cause I felt being watched and my spidey sense tingled for a moment but I did not see him (I knew 100%) he was there. Still can’t believe I looked right at it and only saw blue but that mf saw plenty of me but left pretty quick cause my spidey sense stopped tingling after a few minutes. Thought it was in my head till after I came back from the dive and saw the pictures. See it clear as day lurking in the distance probably just 20-30m away max. Open ocean is scary and the Red Sea as beautiful as it is is terrifying for so many reasons. Def doing it again tho, I don’t learn.
Ty for this info.
@@dreammaker9642 ...see you soon, dreammaker🎉 on one of these episodes! (I hope not tho, be safe) 🍻
Goat island is not east O'ahu. It's by La'ie on the Leeward coast
It infuriates me watching that footage of those people messing with, harassing and torturing sharks!! They are NOT entertainment! Something to play with!
LEAVE THEM ALONE!
Hal's short shows are as great as the longer one as he is just great at this. Thanks Hal. Monique
Thankyou for covering it so quickly Hal.
Condolences to his family…RIP ❤
I just read about this morning, I got a notification.. 🙏🙏🙏 Thoughts and Prayers for the victims family and friends 🙏🙏🙏
Love your beautiful shirt Hal. Those are my favourite colours when I'm painting sunsets etc.
He was also a lifeguard. Wonder if he often surfed alone? Being a lifeguard and surfing for that many years, he had to know the dangers.
It’s funny especially in Hawaii cause y’all worry about the wrong thing 😂 3 years surfing any swells I could and diving any time I could specifically looking for sharks. Even free dived at electric beach when a current brought in so much sand all along the west coast for whatever reason. Went all the way to the pipe and still couldn’t even see my fins or my buddy if we weren’t basically touching. Once we realised it’s not going to get better and this is a bad idea we left a nothing happened. To this day I’m not sure why I even went to check it out, I know way too much about sharks to do stupid sht like that.
So 3 years never saw the tigers I was seeking but you want to know how many times I’ve almost went for the wrong wave and would have smashed head first into the reef or how many times I over did it and almost ran out of energy to fight some channels on the way back on big days. The answer is too many to count with a dozen that were really close call as in if I didn’t bail or pull out of it early I was a goner or at least breaking a limb. 10ft logs smashed me so hard in a patch of sand I could feel the two concrete slabs on either way and knew I get slammed just a foot to the right or left whatever hits is breaking on impact guarantee. With that one absolutely as close as you can get to kicking the bucket at Haleiwa early morning maybe 5 dudes out ad decisions lead me to a beating with no breath, at the time I didn’t know 8-10ft Haleiwa is very committed to claim your life and it got within a second I’d say, had I been held for one extra second or two I wouldn’t have made it back up. Being in the impact zone my leash breaks no one is finding my body and even if he doesn’t by the time anyone noticed I’m already a goner cause no lifeguards on duty that early and I was a good distance from the line up and honestly I wouldn’t want someone to risk their lives to come fish me out because I was being dumb. I made it out but was fine with going that way, I pushed too far and I last. I fought with everything to get that breath but if that wasn’t enough then I was ok saying GGs I had a good life.
All this to say I’ve dived with a few sharks by now, got stalked by another few and yet never had the feeling of impending doom I’ve had during big swells or not even that big a swell. 8ft ain’t big but just a couple bad decisions consecutively and before you know it your fate is already locked. My advice is worry about the ocean before you worry about a shark cause the ocean will absolutely try and kill you or humble you whichever comes first.
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Yeah that's cute and all, but the topic is the shark attack.
Not really interested in your surfing escapades.
@@The-GreenHornet No need to be rude.
@@The-GreenHornetspeak for yourself. Some of us find it fascinating
@@The-GreenHornet you were interested enough to read it so ironic. Maybe stop scouring comment begging for attention and interjecting in conversation that have nothing to do with you with useless input and perhaps open trusted sources and go find the local witnesses to get your facts. Honestly I’m just curious but don’t care, people die everyday if we were to stop everything we are doing because of this fact then we’d end up doing nothing until we die. So mourn, cry a little and move on that’s what he wants. You don’t need to scour comments trying to be a dick to cope 🙃
I don't even like going over the causeway here in Florida anymore.
Full of Bulls
I live on the St. John’s and surf Vilano beach all the time and to be honest I’m kinda scared now
Sharks are getting extra "curious" lately.
My man Hal back at it again with the quality content!
My man Paul back at it again with the quality comment! 🩵🦈
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Thanks, Hal. I just read about this incident, and it's very tragic! He was a professional, and that didn't help him. 😢😢😢
"Sharks in the water. You go in the water." Quint
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Or the shark jumps on the boat, tipping it so that you slide right into its mouth.
"Our shark.....Fairwell and adieu to ye fair Spanish ladies. Fairwell and adieu ye ladies of Spain. For we have received orders for to sail back to Boston, and never more shall we see you again...he he ha ha Lol Lol."
Hi, Hal! I saw another video on yesterday's shark fatality. He lost an arm and a leg. They said that he paddled to Goat Island. Then, when he didn't return from his lunch break, they searched for him and found him as described earlier. OX
There’s been or will be an autopsy tho? Cause if he been missing that long can’t tell if he drowned or shark actually went for him. Tigers will scavenge. I mean it’s less likely here but there’s literally a monster that went to jail for a murder he had though he got away with years later because of a tiger shark of all things. Basically during the Capone days of ditching people in the harbour a shark happened to eat a corpse arm just before getting caught. They found the arm in it and traced it back to the mobster who went to jail cause now there was a body to trace him back to. Imagine committing murder and then spending half a decade or a decade I don’t remember how long thinking you Gucci just for a shark to ruin your sht 😅 couldn’t even write that
Hi Hal, nice seeing ya even for a short time. We miss you!!
@ Gina. I see that also, but that show pales I comparison to Hals show!! He bored me! I had to leave!!
Very sad... He sure had a life full of adventure though!!!
How long are people's lunch breaks in Hawaii? I barely have time for soup and crackers and a smoke 🤔
Thanks for the info. I sure hope people follow your advice about going into the water with at least one other person. Have a great day.
Never go in the ocean alone. If you take 1 friend, you chance of being attacked just lowered by half. Take 2 friends it's lowered to 1/3. Take a friend who's a shark magnet and don't get close to him you lower your chances of being the one attacked.
I clicked as soon as I got the notification. Thank u Hal was waiting for this one ❤❤
Lovely picture
I'm glad you are responding immediately to recent attacks that make the front page news. RIP Tamayo. You will be missed.
That's an eye-catching shirt! 😂
Another great short Hal..... Thx bud. It's crazy that someone with his experience got himself in that situation alone
You are right about playing the numbers. I plan on NOT being part of the numbers.
Do you even know the numbers? How many people do you think swim in waters on any given day? 300,000? 500,000? 1,000,000? How many of those are attacked by sharks in any way?
@@fixxxer7030 Why does someone always get upset when a person says they don't want to swim in the water? It doesn't affect you in any way. Most of us are well aware the chance is miniscule, that doesn't mean we have to take it. The sharks are better off, too when humans stay out of the water. I just see it as a win-win situation.
@fixxxer7030. I don’t give a d@mn if it’s one chance in 10 billion, being eaten alive by a predator twice my size is not a chance I will ever take no matter how minuscule. If you want to, then go ahead. No one is stopping you. I don’t know why you would care if I take the chance or not unless you’re just trying to sound smart by stating statistics anyone can find on the internet.
@@sxmvp Thank you. I had a scary and traumatic occurrence that happened to me in 1976 with a shark in San Diego, CA. I haven't been in the water since. My choice my number.
@@fixxxer7030yes! 100% of people who only swim in swimming pools have never been attacked by a shark!
He knew Jesus and that's the biggest comfort despite such a tragedy
"He knew Jesus..." 🤔🙄😵💫 Please don't pretend that being demonstrably irrational and considering yourself to be a "fallen sinner" in need of salvation from an immoral, absent father figure is somehow good or noble. Faith is not and logically CANNOT be a reliable tool for discerning what is true from what is not true.
Do you respond like this every single time someone mentions religion? You realize there’s billions of people that are religious lol relax.
@@marshallcrocker8239 No, I do it when people assert things that they cannot demonstrate and that are demonstrably harmful. Beliefs aren't benign, they influence actions and how people vote. I want a world full of critical thinkers who actually CARE about what's true.
In Oahu we have the infamous Ocean Ramsey who swims and plays with tiger sharks and obvious getting them used to being around humans. Like Timothy Treadwell who was mauled to death by a grizzly bear in Alaska after playing with them for over 10 years, both Ocean and Timothy thought they were saving the bears and the sharks. Being Alaskan I have no doubt that these acts take the “wildness” out of bears and sharks and places these species in harms way. I know a wild animal has been fed by humans or treated as humans by giving them human names when I see a wild animal that will look me straight into my eyes. Respect all wildlife.
Was wondering about this.
Thanks for informing so quickly Hal. May he rest in peace. Praying for strength for his family
RIP Tamayo Perry. That really sucks but, when you get in that water you're a fool if you think it'll never happen to you. A team of wild mules couldn't drag me in that water. If there's one shark in the entire ocean, Im convinced he'll catch me.
I live in the cooler Pacific Northwest along the Columbia River. I know I'm safe here because, so far (knock on wood), bulls do not like cold freshwater. As great as sharks are at adapting, I'm sure that'll be changing soon.
Not unless he is still full from me…(if said pack of wild mules has also pulled me in). Jaws ruined me for most my life…CZcams has finished me off!
I agree 110%. Ocean waters are not my natural habitat.
I've talked with people from the Mediterranean who have no fear of sharks because they say they don't have them there. Then I come to Hal's channel, and find out are they dead wrong. The ocean is dangerous, period. Anywhere. And Hawaii is literally shark infested. People should know better. Only mostly young people risk their lives for surfing, they are too dumb to know better. Myself included, luckily I didn't enjoy surfing, but I did a lot of swimming. No more. Plenty of other ways to remain in nature.
@@stacyfaceTX amen. My mom took me 11, my sister 9 & little bro 3 to see Jaws when it came out. Then we went for the weekend to Laguna Beach, CA. Then everybody got in the water but me. They called me chicken. Yeah, ok. Jaws sniffing your butt right now! We got home & the news said they caught a 6' great white right where the dummies were floating calling me chicken. I would have died if that shark snatched one of my family members but, hey. You shouldn't have been in there to begin with, especially what we saw the night before. I had problems going in our swimming pool after that!
Excellent video Hal! ❤❤❤ to the victim’s family ❤❤❤
Read about it in the local Maui Times. RIP braddah.
Here in Scotland I saw the recent attacks in Florida on the news, but I didn't see or hear anything about this. Poor guy,but surfing alone in Hawaii?He probably should have known better
He's probably done the same thing about five thousand times. Do you say 'well he was driving a car. he probably should have known better' when people die in random road accidents where they're not at fault?
@@aaaaaaasdee Car accidents and shark attacks are apples and oranges. Most car accidents are often the fault of one or more people involved. But either way, there are people around and help can be called if there's time for you to be saved. If you're in the ocean, you are sharing it with wild life that can hurt or kill you. If you're injured by anything out there, time is of the essence, especially where shark bites are involved. Being that he lost an arm and leg, its likely not promising that he could have survived it under the best of circumstances unless the bite placement allowed for tourniquets to be applied at both sights in time. But we'll never know because he was alone and lost his life before that could be established. I guarantee you he was not thinking of the "thousand of times he had been out there" without that happening. Bottom-line - he died young and by a predator in the ocean. Not a Chevy...
@@Playitstraight44 You typed a whole lot of words to say literally nothing. What is your point? That you should always completely minimize risk for every single thing you do? How? What does that even look like? Is that remotely practical? Everything you do in life has a level of risk. People surf solo (a seemingly risky activity) in many thousands of locations every single day and the number of shark attacks on lone surfers are absolutely minuscule. Similarly, people drive cars without thinking about it (an actually "risky" activity, with lifetime risk of motor vehicle death being a bit higher than 1% for regular car users - astronomically higher than any calculation you could make for lifetime risk of death by shark attack in any location on earth except for specifically a few locations on the southern coastline of Australia) and yet it would obviously be foolish to state that maybe someone who just got mashed to death in a car wreck 'probably should have known better'.
@@aaaaaaasdee whenever someone makes a comment about someone being killed by a shark I know I'm going to see a reply about people getting killed in car accidents, every time. The thing is, the majority of people probably drive a car,especially if they have a family, they need their car to go to work, go to the supermarket, drop their kids off at school etc,driving their car every day is something they have to do. Swimming or surfing in water inhabited by giant fish that can decapitate you is not something people have to do every day, it is just stupid. It's their choice of course
@@tabeccaletford408 I use the car example because it is an EXTREMELY dangerous activity (compared to surfing) that normal people do every day without thinking about it and in any remotely livable city or area, driving a car absolutely is a choice. You could instead choose to take much safer transport options or move to somewhere that has those options available. Nobody is putting a gun to your head saying you need to drive your car and you're an absolute midwit for thinking that retort is a 'gotcha' of any kind. I don't need to use car fatality statistics. There are a plethora of other relatively safe activities that people die doing at far greater rates than surfers being attacked by sharks. Here are just a few avoidable activities that have much higher risk of killing you than what happened to Tamayo: recreational cycling, skateboarding, canoeing, swimming in non pelagic bodies of water or swimming pools, owning a dog, hiking in the mountains, being even slightly overweight, accidentally taking too much medication (opioids, etc), accidental gun discharge in a farming or pest control context. Do you truly think that anyone dying due to not minimizing risk in every single aspect of their lives to avoid any and all extremely unlikely outcomes that may cause injury or death extremely infrequently should be ridiculed or called 'stupid'? Or that people should say 'haha well they should have known better'. If someone you know died while cycling, should people post 'She probably should have known better' online?
The improbable is only impossible until it becomes your reality.
Anyone who thinks that just doesn’t define their terms well, so confusion would have lead them astray. I mean, impossible is outside the ream of possibility, so probability isn’t relevant. If one understands something is improbable, per the standard definition, they also understand it’s definitionally possible, and so they’d be contradicting themselves to think it’s impossible they’d get taken out by a shark. Not to be a dictionary Nazi or whatever, but seriously, anyone thinking like that is confused about what those words mean, and maybe should avoid dangerous situations completely.. 🤷♂️
@@nikolademitri731 While the distinction between "impossible" and "improbable" is important, the phrase "The improbable is only impossible until it becomes your reality" is meant to emphasize the unpredictable nature of life and to encourage vigilance. People often underestimate unlikely events because they seem distant or irrelevant until they occur. The phrase serves as a reminder that rare events can happen, urging individuals to be prepared and avoid complacency. It's less about misunderstanding definitions and more about recognizing that improbable events are part of reality and can impact anyone.
@@nikolademitri731 Ah, semantics-the perfect excuse for ignoring reality until it bites you.
The chances of getting bit by a shark are so low like why 1 or 2 people die in a short period of time and people be like “I’m never going in ocean ever again!! 😡😡”
Thinking of the family today.
It’s good that you try to get the real story out immediately before authorities start putting the word out that it was a boating accident or Jack the Ripper.
Jack the Kipper
@@TanyaRandoJack the Skipper?
it wasn’t any coral reef
And if you don't get that reference you have no business being here.
Rip Tamayo Perry, you will be missed
Scary stuff! Thank you, Hal.
Very 😔 sad! Thanks, Hal!
Hi Hal ❤. Thank You for the video ❤
Another great show, Hal.
I was out swimming the other day and i'm pretty darn sure I saw one inside a wave. There is a bunch of Whites hanging around right now. 3 weeks back we had an attack on a swimmer
where are you located?
@@tammyfoster6223 From his profile picture it would seem he is located on top of a tree!
Thanks Hal, great episode, great shirt ❤
Hello. Good Afternoon Hal 🦈🦈 Happy Shark Monday 🦈🦈
Tragic! Thank you, Hal from South Africa 🇿🇦
As tragic of an end, a great informative video Hal! Keep us posted ☝️👍👌💥💫💢
Hal, thank you for the quick and informative report
Love your videos Hal!
Thanks for covering this and caring about the safety of others. Just saw a notification regarding it from local online newspaper. I vaguely remember him from Blue Crush. Guess he took one risk too many. Hard bitter pill for family and friends to swallow.
Thanks for the video. Take care and God bless.
Oh my goodness! How awful to hear about. How scary.
Thank you Hal.
Thank you for your content.
As always Hal, great video and content. An added plus, no background music, thanks for sharing.
Love your videos!
I remember him in Blue Crush
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Hi Hal , was so glad to see you again. 😊
Thanks for getting this tragic story out so quickly brother Hal for us to share. R.I.P. Tamayo 🙏🏽
Thanks Hal.
Great advice Hal😊😊😊😊😊
We just got back from Hawaii. We stayed on Wikiki Beach, and looking out our hotel window at 5:00 a.m., there were already dozens of surfers out in the water, which multiplied to hundreds later in the day. Many of these people were at least a half-mile out, and by themselves. Many were still out there at dusk, near darkness. Crazy.
Yes. I used to surf way outside Diamond head. The first time , I was fifteen years old . Very spooky . You see a rock or the reef and think it's a shark . I lived and surfed at various places on Oahu , but ironically I never saw a shark. But of course knew they were likely around. Moved back to Florida in 81 , and have seen many sharks .
I get where your coming from commentor but surfing is an addiction and I still remember my first time 7 years ago, coming home, and being like “man that was amazing” and I haven’t stopped since. I live in Florida actually by where the attacks are happening. It is getting scary.
Probably though it would never happen to him.
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You obviously have a real job. Guy died doing what he loved and spent every day of his life in bliss. It is not a loss if you know anything about liberty. It is about the pursuit of happiness for those who are actually free.
@@jeremyvogt102 Sometimes you have to pay for bad life choices. This was one of those times.
@@lodiagain-o4s dying in the pursuit of happiness is never a bad choice. Working a job 5 days a week that you dislike and think will give you permission to be free if you do it long enough; only to get paralyzed or die in an auto accident on the way home from your job. Again, I don’t think you understand freedom. Or irony.
Perfectly good statement - I guess we need to be lectured about what freedom is. Wow the ocean is life sustaining greatness that humans cant conquer, nor BREATH in, or we would have destroyed it already
Another terrific show, Hal.
Just heard on another channel (Tracking Sharks) that his arm and leg were gone. Going all the way to Goat Island on a board (basically open water) is enough of a risk. Alone is just suicide.
That clock is pretty cool.
I think he said those are Megalodon teeth. I love it.
When I was stationed at Pearl Harbor we once were up about 2 miles offshore right around that same area and looking over the side of the ship we saw an enormous Tiger shark, at the time we were saying it was as big around as a VW Bug easily.
Hi Hal, Ben Linden was with Ryan Soulis when he was taken. Just a pointer
It was just a pointer
- A White Pointer
I had no idea your channel still existed. Good to see you again. Many of my favorite channels do not pop up in my feed nor do i get notifications.
Prayers for his family and friends 🙏🙏🙏, so sorry
Good to see you covering latest attacks and share your thoughts Hal. Great feedback as always.
Nice one Hal, as per usual 😎
Much respect to Tamayo, and the people who dedicate themselves to the ocean. Thank you 💛 Hal for the video.
Great show Hal! Sharks are close to shore and active
Hello Hal,
Thanks to you I never go to the beach without a 12 inch knife. Lol
Thanks for making us aware that sharks happen!
What about a gun ? Do they not work in water ??
Just asking....
Water will destroy a gun the insides have to remain oily
@joanbaczek2575 thanks, i knew it was a stupid question, lol
Tiger most likely?
Agreed they are the species most indigenous to thoses waters
Authorities are not ruling out any of the 'Big Three," but he did sustain multiple bites that resulted in the loss of a leg and arm. Considering the area that he was in and his type of injuries, it appears to be a Tiger Shark attack.
no he was out golfing bruuhs
I just heard about this this guy he had such a interesting adventerous life. Honestly never go into the water alone just as Hal said slowly the summer attacks are starting to pour in. My thoughts go out to his friends and family.
According to one article, Mr. Perry's attack was only one of 42 recorded incidents that have occurred in that area since 1828. It was certainly a terrible stroke of misfortune.
I just saw this on the news. Sharks are wrecking people this year. This is what they do. It’s their territory their house out there. Hope this sinks some common sense in the wacky ocean Ramsey
I doubt there is much chance of that, you need a little common sense to begin with.
Has nothing to do with people diving else you’d have like hundred of thousands of people missing a year. That being said attacks are on the rise and if the Red Sea shows us everything it appears the combination warmer waters and overfishing mean hungrier sharks who have nothing to eat. So we aren’t on the menu but we sure are making sure we will be the last thing on the menu. Already happening in the Red Sea perhaps we starting to notice in other places. So unfortunately the common sense needs to trinckle down to people using km long nets scooping everything cause soon they’ll be out of a job and worse case scenario if things escalate fast we might be out of food completely because if land based ecosystems depend on marine ecosystems which we killing off the way evidence suggest then it’s a quick domino affect till we starving. Ironically the “smartest” species will be the first to drive it self to extinction knowing full well by then what it’s up to. Its kinda fitting actually
She’s the worst !
It won't
Cool shirt,
And Cool episode Thanks!!!
great video
one news station reports that he was on his lunch break paddling out with others so who knows with the news
Have two good friends moved to Hawaii over 30 years ago
Both would rather scuba dive than eat
One is a former USN Air-see rescue swimer stationed on Aircraft Carriers during Vietnam
They literally scuba dive 4-5 days a week weather permitting
Both told me the see huge Tiger sharks every year talking 16 to 18 footers but last few years are seeing more and more really big Tiger sharks ones even 19-20 feet long twice a year at least now and expect to see Tigers 15-16 feet long crazy thing is they both still dive as much as ever because they get harassed by Tigers they encounter every year
They both told me they NEVER dive alone and always dive in group's of 4 or more and everyone stays close.
Both told me if tourists KNEW just how many big Tiger sharks are in Hawaiian waters they'd never go swimming
Sorry wouldn't be me
I work for a company based on Maui, have many friends living on the island, have lived there myself 20 years ago, and it’s still my favorite place in the world.
You are 💯 correct- many, many attacks go unreported and/or are purposely kept off the public radar. I know of a woman who quit her job at one of the major hotels, after a guest had been attacked earlier that week, and the hotel did not put up any notices/warnings.
Tourism is not only Big Business, it is THE Business in certain parts of the world. The Cameron Robbins attack (Bahamas 2023) is a Netflix doc waiting to happen…
I believe this. I was on the big island last August. I swam out 500 yards with just a mask and snorkel all by myself no one around. I also hand a go pro. I didn’t realize since it was 5pm the tide was going out so I almost drown. I barely got back and the entire time I was recording behind me waiting for a tiger to snatch me up. It was terrifying. I have a lot of injuries too so never should have done that. Really stupid.
Surfing was ritual in the old days. Like counting coup. Risking your life in shark infested waters as a rite of passage. Now it's just a meaningless 'sport' where people literally have zero clue how dangerous a position they are placing themselves in. With no payoff, just risk. At least with spearfishing, also incredibly dangerous, you are getting some reward for your risk. Because there are plenty of other ways to connect with nature that don't involve becoming human shark bait.
Sad story 😢 RIP Tamayo. Great shirt Hal, good to see you. Y'all have a wonderful weekend
I couldn't agree more!.. Please be safe in the water!
Breaking New...Hal's on this latest attack. Another Tiger no doubt. Don't worry people we're not on the menu according to experts
Yeah, not on the menu….
Another mistaken identity, probably.
@@wolfen210959Yeah, thought he was a sea turtle. 😂🤣
@@femalecaks
I've actually gone into restaurants and found that they do serve food that's not on the menu.
Then again I've actually never seen a menu in the ocean.
@@wolfen210959 Yes, surely the tiger shark thought he was a seal...lol
Condolences 💐
Legend
I knew him personally back in the 90s. He was a good guy..
The shark isn't going to go for anyone other than the person it has put the work into attacking. You do here sometimes where a person is attacked and someone comes to rescue and then there attacked. I think it doesn't happen very often still.
Ocean Ramsey be all like "these sharks love interacting " ...." oh itll be Niki she only wanted to say hi" 🙄
Niki is grooming her future meal by approaching slowly, and “playing “
“Redirecting”
A life very well lived by an amazing guy. RIP Tamayo and condolences to his family and friends. 😢💙
He wasn't just a pro-surfer. He was a senior water safety official of some kind. He was on his lunch hour, I think I heard.
True irony.
I work at a surf camp here in NE Florida and i always just grab my board and go out during our breaks. It really is fun instead of eating food (boring)
I also wonder how many other times he surfed alone.RIP my friend!
Hi Hal have you had any contact from the UK site Shark Bytes?
How often are people in the water with sharks near by and no one gets hurt? Often.
Very true, but most often they aren't interested in feeding, it's a different matter when they are hungry, or when they decide they want you out of their ocean. Nobody understands truly what a shark is thinking, and they ain't telling.
Correct, sharks deaths are rare and almost always happen at the surface. I think the number of annual shark deaths worldwide is only about 50. As a scuba diver, I have swam with reef sharks, nurse sharks, hammerhead sharks and tiger sharks and have not yet experienced any aggressive behavior UNDERWATER. however, I am most vigilant when on the surface exiting or entering a dive boat. Surfers appear to be a greatest risk of attack because their silhouette can be confused by a shark for a seal.
@@WTHenry2023 All true but the amount of attacks and especially fatal attacks are going up and scientists all have differing theories as to why. It seems Egypt, Florida, Australia, Bahamas, Cape Cod and now Hawaii are on the sketchy list more than ever and I would imagine the trend continues in other typically sharky areas like Southa Africa and Recife in Brazil.
@@professorkaos2781 I checked the attack numbers and they are still extremely low considering the number of people who go into the oceans every year.. In 2023, there were 69 unprovoked shark attacks worldwide and only 10 fatalities out of the 69 unprovoked attacks worldwide. Surfing accounted for 42 percent of the incidents. The deaths get an inordinate amount of coverage because they spark our primal fear of being the victim of predation and therefore get a lot of views ($ from advertisers) on mainstream media.
May the news be shamed for lying about shark attacks lately. The should be ASHAMED of their careers! They are a disgrace
I surfed for almost 50 years and a lot of that time was in Hawaii. In my time there I saw sharks often, mostly white and black tips. Being a haole, I surfed a lot of the 'out of the way' or sharky breaks because no one would be out to hassle me. My favorite spot was the outer reefs in Kaaawa at Swanzy Beach Park and Kahana Bay! That place is insanely sharky and has big tigers there! I knew they were there but never had a problem because I don't act like bait in the water and always stay far away from people who do. You got to show respect in the ocean.
Doesn't matter. Your time will come eventually if you continue this illusion that you have any control over a dinosaur's goal to predate. They survived millions of years before humans, they will survive long after humans.
@@catonines Every time you paddle out, there is a level of risk. I'm advocating managing the risk as best you can by understanding your environment, showing respect for the ocean and wildlife, and not acting a fool while being oblivious to your situation. Remember, the only promise to you in this life is adventure! Enjoy the ride! 🎈
I’m a 14 year old surfer from Florida I’ve been going out since 6. It pains me to see 2-3 people get bit in a short time period and be like “I’m never ever going in the ocean again!! 😡” I just don’t get it? Don’t they know the risk is rally low?
I’ve surfed Hawaiian islands since I was a kid Oahu born.
All surfers who spend serious time in waves 🌊 come across and have shark encounters. I’ve been really close to BIG tigers on the west and east side but it wasn’t my day.
We respect them as we should and go in when needed. It’s part of our life but it’s sad to lose our brothers and friends this way ..
they are now as we will be someday part of the ocean 🌊
RIP Tamayo Perry🌺🌊
Wow, dude was a famous surfer from the around the 2000s. This is wild. I'm getting my surf news from Hal now 😅
Theres beautiful spots empty in Hawaii, usually very sharky. Use your sixth sense, if it feels weird it probably is
i love swimming with sharks, walking around polar bears, suntanning near komodo dragons, and skydiving without a parachute.
If that polar bear bites you it’s only because he was curious or it was only just mistaken identity. So don’t worry, go back and have some fun around those bears.
@@GodsDaughterOfLove-in6fxLOL😂