Hammerhead on kayaker's tail.... LJ

[seaquinn]

Out yesterday (Wed) with a friend on a powerboat. We were trying for Wahoo, but ended up at La Jolla.

Anyway, a pretty far distance out for a kayaker we see one solo guy. We are trying the bottom with irons and this guy comes closer and closer, and finally we can see he is urgently trying to reach us.

Right on his tail, literally bumping him is a 9-10' hammerhead. We got just a little on phone video, but he will likely post a much more detailed video from the go-pro.

He was very happy to get on our boat!

Video here, which shows the shark at about 16 seconds to 22 seconds. The shark does not look that big here, but it was close to 10 feet long, and persistently bumping his boat. No fun!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv-l...ature=youtu.be

We loaded the kayak on the boat and gave him a ride to the buoy line. He had some nice lings and maybe the smell attracted the hammy.

Anyway, good advice is to have a portable VHF radio, and ideally be in pairs. He was very happy to have the boat ride!