i was sitting on a board in between sets down near devil's punchbowl on the central oregon coast a few years ago, and under my board comes what i think was about an 8-10 foot great white..circled around a few times and that was the scariest moment to paddle in trying to rotate my body so he'd miss my ribcage if he took a bite..
the worst part, a surfer had been attacked about 3 miles away, a few months prior and pulled right to the bottom and drug along...so it made it that much worse..
i've really had a tough time getting out in the water without my eyes playing tricks on me now...and so it's been really nice to stay ABOVE water level on the wave runners...