Second shark encounter in Garden Route this weekend:  Surfer has leg amputated by shark bite at Knysna today

Breaking… There has been another shark bite incident in the Garden Route this weekend, this time at Knysna where a surfer suffered complete amputation of his right leg above the knee and lacerations to his left leg in a shark encounter this afternoon. And Knysna Municipality has subsequently closed all beaches in the municipal area. 19 year-old…

Ballito Women’s Pro and Ballito Pro Trials events in July

The Ballito Women’s Pro and the Ballito Pro Trials, both presented by Billabong, will take place on 28 June  at Surfer’s Beach in Ballito, KwaZulu Natal. The Ballito Women’s Pro offers total prize-money of the R30 000 with R10 000 and 1 000 QS rankings going to the winner. The top two finishers in the Final of…

23 year-old bitten by shark at Plett yesterday

Shark bite victim, Dylan Reddering , about to be transported to hospital A 23 year-old man was bitten by a shark at Plettenberg Bay yesterday, 26 June. Dylan Reddering, a student at the University of Cape Town (UCT), suffered lacerations and bite marks on the right side of his body, on his ribs, on his…