Surfing with bull sharks or white sharks? You need this! 🙌🦈 #rpela #aus #shark #safety #1

In my hope of helping people to be safer while enjoying the ocean by learning how to coexist with sharks, wanted to share information about both technological options and other choices/behaviors that can help us adapt to sharks' sensory systems and ecological role and behavior. I genuinely care about people and sharks, and I hope fellow surfers, swimmers, and divers might find something here helpful or insightful-or hopefully you already know all of this and can just share w others I am not invested in or paid by @rpela_sharkdeterrent however I have personally tested two of their devices with white sharks, tiger sharks, Galápagos sharks, and sandbar sharks in multiple regions around the world, and have seen it work. I also plan to test this device with bull sharks this year (it has already been used by others while surfing around bull sharks.) Key takeaways: • When we enter the ocean, we are entering their wilderness-and that is our choice. • Sharks are essential for healthy marine ecosystems that humans depend on. ~ Highlight info : Ways to reduce the chance of an adverse interaction: • Avoid areas near fishing activity • Avoid natural prey colonies, haul-outs, and dense aggregations • Educate yourself on seasonal shark aggregation sites • Minimize splashing and unnecessary noise • Distort your outline silhouette when possible • Stay in shallow water and avoid drop-offs and channels • Use tools like Rela, surf near shark spotters/lifeguards, go with friends, etc. •Avoid flashy, dangling, shiny or high contrast colors • Educate yourself about seasonal or year-round aggregations and sites. Important note: This device is not meant to make anyone "invincible." But when combined with informed, adaptive behavior, it can effectively and powerfully help reduce risk!