SHARK!!!

It was a Tuesday morning, the surf had been big and messy, so Chris drove me 20km out of our way to find a beach with clean surf. We arrived at Cellitto beach in a National Park, its just off Seal Rocks which is renowned for its marine *wildlife* which includes the infamous Ozzie shark.
As we walked onto the long deserted beach I had a really BAD feeling that made my heart feel heavy with dread. You could tell Chris felt edgy but he was desperate for a surf. Unusually I decided to give the ploys a miss and watch him like a hawk.
So out he paddled about 100 meters completely on his own, no other surfers, and sits with his feet dangling in the water. About 10 minutes later a heavy shape catches the corner of my eye. Its in a wave about 10 meters to Chris' right.
I felt sick... I'll let Chris tell the rest of the story....

I'm not keen on surfing on my own, but this time i was even more weary of my feet dangling in the water. It doesn't matter how good the surf is my mind sometimes wanders into think what it would be like to see a shark, or get bitten. I guess i have just watched Jaws too many times.
I`d been waiting a while because the waves were a bit fat, slow and hard to catch. I turned to look at Sam who was stood on the beach frantically waving her hand in the air which for some reason I didn't take as a 'hello', but more of a 'get out of the water!'.
My heart does a double skip and my legs start to tremble. I lie down on my board and start paddling in, when suddenly, my worst fear realised, between Sam on the beach, and me rises the stereotypical, single, large, grey dorsal fin out of the water. It cut through the water about 10 meters infront of me,....... there is no way I could EVER explain the feeling that shot from my head to my feet, but I remember my head went light and dizzy, and my legs and arms totally numb.
I dont know how i was still paddling, but I was moving towards it because it was between me and where i wanted to be...the beach.
In real time in must of been only a few seconds before the fin surfaced again, but it felt alot longer. I'm still paddling, and the fin surfaces again, but this time along with SIX others ! Its at this point when my numb jaw feeling begins to fade as I realise that this isn't the scariest moment of my life, but one of the coolest.... I was surfing (or paddling) with Dolphins!
None the less I catch the next wave in and get dumped back on the beach, extremely relieved. It was wicked to watch the doplhins jump in and out of the waves, but I will never forget that image of the single dorsal popping out of the water in front of me.
The craziest thing is... my phsyco wife ensured the whole thing was caught on video!!

Hi, its Sam again, 250 quid from " You've been framed" would'nt of filled the void but isn't to be sniffed at!
Most people wouldn't of got back in the water but I told you about the inane smile he gets when surfing.... 5 minutes later he got back in! Crazy fool!..... So I turned the camera back on.

P.S (Chris) I was chatting to a guy last night who did actually see a shark yesterday, and made it out of the water! He reckons that for every shark you see, another 30 swim past you without you knowing! Anyway, surfs up...