I like to surf and no less than 10 people have e-mailed me the article.

They sent the seal to CA for a necropsy and determined it was chomped in half by an 18 foot GWS.

I won't get back in the ocean again until steelhead season winds down, but sharks are just part of the equation. Albeit a very small part.

I will admit to getting a little freaked out at times out there. I am often the first one out at Westhaven and other spots, and when there is a lot of seals around it can get a little spooky. Dolphins come by quite a bit and I am definitely guilty of a double take at that dorsal fin.