dunno about man eaters, dont think they are. I watched a doco on these last night and they're notorious for snapping and doing, well, anything. if they dont brain fart you should be ok :)

Tassiedevil, you guys wear full steamers down there don't you?
Full steamers are black.
a person in a black steamer looks sorta like a seal.
Killer whales eat seals.
Stay out of the water I say!
ET.

E T said..

Tassiedevil, you guys wear full steamers down there don't you?
Full steamers are black.
a person in a black steamer looks sorta like a seal.
Killer whales eat seals.
Stay out of the water I say!
ET.

my steamer for today has blue shoulder stripes hoping that will confuse them

decided I am heading out , if this is my last posting they are maneaters , or they cant tell blue from black

Souwester said..
They have a huge brain from what I have heard so there will be no mistaken identity, only thing is they like to 'play' with things for fun, like playing with seals throwing them to each other, when the seal stops kicking and is dead they leave it, Masochists!

Double fark!!!!!!!!!!

amazing vid pretty insignificant us humans when you break it down

Orcas are super intelligent creatures I have seen them in NZ with Surfers... My cousin was once in the water with one.... He was sitting there on his longboard and the orca came right up to him and looked him straight in the eye.... They are Friggen huge and Friggen scary... Other locals in that area say that they also use their sonar on you and you can feel them around (I dont know if that is true).

As for the video it looks pretty fake...

But they look bigger than you think....

All good , hour in the water , didn't spot any orcas out there though we saw them from the shore and I am sure they knew we were around .

E T said..

They were just sizing you up for next time.
Now they have got your scent they will lie in wait.
And sometime when your not looking they will sneak up on you and...........................

Hope the surf was worthwhile.
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Yep great fun , surf here last week has been the best for the spring so far .

Couple of the point breaks been rolling in head high , very Noosa like

Been for a drive orcas seem to have moved on , glad I didn't see that video doggie posted till this morning Would have made for a very jumpy surf yesterday

E T said..
I want some secret info from you guys soon.
Heading down that way in Feb and March and am very keen to know about these Noosa like points.
I promise I will keep it a secret.ET.

take a 5/4 + hood with you is my tip ... plus boots

E T said..

I want some secret info from you guys soon.
Heading down that way in Feb and March and am very keen to know about these Noosa like points.
I promise I will keep it a secret.

ET.

Hope you have a good trip - we tried to go down this year at that time but it backfired with work commitments and this summer is out so it looks like it will not happen until 2015 sadly.....

Glad you survived TD - we saw them in NZ when I was a grom many yrs a go at a place called Stringay Bay - a few hrs south of TB's. We had been out for a surf and had just come in when we saw them - there were still a few blokes in the water and they paddled in very very quickly. !!! They were absolutely massive - glad I was not in the water as I would have poohed my pants big time.

Heres a better Video. Oh and this one is not fake

jbshack said...
Heres a better Video. Oh and this one is not fake

That is incredible JB I haven't seen that, very cool.