Question: Wetsuit color & shark attack?

Hi everybody,

I just wonder if there is any relation between wetsuit
color & shark attacks? Somebody told me black is perfect while others said
yellow is best cause sharks can't figure out what you are and wouldn't
recognize you as a seal. Does anybody has any suggestion on this? I couldn't
find any information on this. Thank you.

Casey

"boatlover" <boatlover1971@yahoo.com.hk> wrote in message
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> Hi everybody,
>
> I just wonder if there is any relation between
wetsuit
> color & shark attacks? Somebody told me black is perfect while others said
> yellow is best cause sharks can't figure out what you are and wouldn't
> recognize you as a seal. Does anybody has any suggestion on this? I
couldn't
> find any information on this. Thank you.
>
> Casey

Dunno but ive not been attacked by one and my wetsuit and drysuit are black.

Thought they hunted off smell anyway as they can only see shapes.

If a bright colour is safest then why do surfers have a high shark attack
ratio. Ive seen very few (if any) black surf boards.
S'pose it also depends how deep you are as colours diminish the deeper you
go.

The perfest test would be to dive into shark infested waters with a wetsuit
made of half yellow and half black neoprene and see which limb you lost
first.

Thats my 2p worth

Alex


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So maybe I should just forget about color and just go for a black one if it
really doesn't matters. Thanks Alex!
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>
> "boatlover" <boatlover1971@yahoo.com.hk> wrote in message
> news:bmm5n2$2aci$1@news.hgc.com.hk...
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > I just wonder if there is any relation between
> wetsuit
> > color & shark attacks? Somebody told me black is perfect while others
said
> > yellow is best cause sharks can't figure out what you are and wouldn't
> > recognize you as a seal. Does anybody has any suggestion on this? I
> couldn't
> > find any information on this. Thank you.
> >
> > Casey
>
> Dunno but ive not been attacked by one and my wetsuit and drysuit are
black.
>
> Thought they hunted off smell anyway as they can only see shapes.
>
> If a bright colour is safest then why do surfers have a high shark attack
> ratio. Ive seen very few (if any) black surf boards.
> S'pose it also depends how deep you are as colours diminish the deeper you
> go.
>
> The perfest test would be to dive into shark infested waters with a
wetsuit
> made of half yellow and half black neoprene and see which limb you lost
> first.
>
> Thats my 2p worth
>
> Alex
>
>
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"boatlover" <boatlover1971@yahoo.com.hk> wrote in message
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> Hi everybody,
>
> I just wonder if there is any relation between
wetsuit
> color & shark attacks? Somebody told me black is perfect while others said
> yellow is best cause sharks can't figure out what you are and wouldn't
> recognize you as a seal. Does anybody has any suggestion on this? I
couldn't
> find any information on this. Thank you.
>
> Casey
>
>

About a year ago, there was a chap who said he was doing a study and said he
would report his results back to the group in a few weeks, it has been quite
a while, he has not been heard from.....

"Rudy Benner" <benner@BOGUS.personainternet.com> wrote in message
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>
> "boatlover" <boatlover1971@yahoo.com.hk> wrote in message
> news:bmm5n2$2aci$1@news.hgc.com.hk...
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > I just wonder if there is any relation between
> wetsuit
> > color & shark attacks? Somebody told me black is perfect while others
said
> > yellow is best cause sharks can't figure out what you are and wouldn't
> > recognize you as a seal. Does anybody has any suggestion on this? I
> couldn't
> > find any information on this. Thank you.
> >
> > Casey
> >
> >
>
> About a year ago, there was a chap who said he was doing a study and said
he
> would report his results back to the group in a few weeks, it has been
quite
> a while, he has not been heard from.....
>
>

For the record, d'you know what colour suit he was wearing? :)

Nic

"boatlover" <boatlover1971@yahoo.com.hk> wrote in message
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> So maybe I should just forget about color and just go for a black one if
it
> really doesn't matters. Thanks Alex!

Well, actually, I've heard yellow referred to as "yummy, yummy yellow", as
in shark's seem to be attracted to it.

A black one would make you look more like a seal though, don't you think?

Maybe you should get a bright red one with green trim.

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> >
> > "boatlover" <boatlover1971@yahoo.com.hk> wrote in message
> > news:bmm5n2$2aci$1@news.hgc.com.hk...
> > > Hi everybody,
> > >
> > > I just wonder if there is any relation between
> > wetsuit
> > > color & shark attacks? Somebody told me black is perfect while others
> said
> > > yellow is best cause sharks can't figure out what you are and wouldn't
> > > recognize you as a seal. Does anybody has any suggestion on this? I
> > couldn't
> > > find any information on this. Thank you.
> > >
> > > Casey
> >
> > Dunno but ive not been attacked by one and my wetsuit and drysuit are
> black.
> >
> > Thought they hunted off smell anyway as they can only see shapes.
> >
> > If a bright colour is safest then why do surfers have a high shark
attack
> > ratio. Ive seen very few (if any) black surf boards.
> > S'pose it also depends how deep you are as colours diminish the deeper
you
> > go.
> >
> > The perfest test would be to dive into shark infested waters with a
> wetsuit
> > made of half yellow and half black neoprene and see which limb you lost
> > first.
> >
> > Thats my 2p worth
> >
> > Alex
> >
> >
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> >
>
>

"boatlover" <boatlover1971@yahoo.com.hk> wrote in message
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> Hi everybody,
>
> I just wonder if there is any relation between
wetsuit
> color & shark attacks? Somebody told me black is perfect while others said
> yellow is best cause sharks can't figure out what you are and wouldn't
> recognize you as a seal. Does anybody has any suggestion on this? I
couldn't
> find any information on this. Thank you.
>
Shark attacks on scuba divers are very, very rare in a world where shark
attacks on people are very rare.
Anything you hear will be of an anecdotal nature because nobody knows.

Sharks use a variety of ways to find and attack their prey including sight,
sound, smell and electrical currents.
The final attack many sharks make is probably based on locating the meal by
it's electrical signal.

This *may* be one of the reasons why we are not attacked much. With dive
gear on we frequently are a weak battery (two dissimilar metals in an acidic
solution) The idea is that we look a lot bigger than we are.
The trip to the water is far more likely to cause problems than a shark is.
So is the sea urchin you didn't see.

Rudy Benner left this mess on Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:33:42 -0400 for The Way to
clean up:
>
>
>"boatlover" <boatlover1971@yahoo.com.hk> wrote in message
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>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> I just wonder if there is any relation between
>wetsuit
>> color & shark attacks? Somebody told me black is perfect while others said
>> yellow is best cause sharks can't figure out what you are and wouldn't
>> recognize you as a seal. Does anybody has any suggestion on this? I
>couldn't
>> find any information on this. Thank you.
>>
>> Casey
>>
>>
>
>About a year ago, there was a chap who said he was doing a study and said he
>would report his results back to the group in a few weeks, it has been quite
>a while, he has not been heard from.....

I think the funeral was about two weeks after he posted that here. I think it
was a pink suit he was wearing.

Tao te Carl

"It takes a village to have an idiot." - Carl (c) 2003

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks...es/clothes.htm

One of a few studies available.

Forest Aten


"boatlover" <boatlover1971@yahoo.com.hk> wrote in message
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> Hi everybody,
>
> I just wonder if there is any relation between
wetsuit
> color & shark attacks? Somebody told me black is perfect while others said
> yellow is best cause sharks can't figure out what you are and wouldn't
> recognize you as a seal. Does anybody has any suggestion on this? I
couldn't
> find any information on this. Thank you.
>
> Casey
>
>

boatlover <boatlover1971@yahoo.com.hk> wrote:
> I just wonder if there is any relation between wetsuit
>color & shark attacks? Somebody told me black is perfect while others said
>yellow is best cause sharks can't figure out what you are and wouldn't
>recognize you as a seal. Does anybody has any suggestion on this? I couldn't
>find any information on this. Thank you.

Someone never heard of "yumm yumm yellow," apparently.

The worst color after black

and blue, and pink, and green.

(The most dangerous color is whatever is being worn by the newbie
diver in front of you)

--
Jason O'Rourke www.jor.com