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Dan Webber

Dan Webber

Australian journalist and surfer from Ballina, NSW, known for the Ballina Shark Reports alert service and writing on the shark debate for BeachGrit and The Spectator Australia.

Jun 14, 2026

Crossing the Tideline

Crossing the Tideline

Ep 7 | Dan Webber | What the Science Isn't Telling You | Crossing the Tideline

Jun 14 · 2h 18m

Brett Burcher
Brett BurcherHOST
10:13
Sure.
Dan Webber
Dan WebberGUEST
10:14
Okay, so over a two-year period, there were 12 shark attacks between Evans Head and Byron Bay.
Dan Webber
Dan WebberGUEST
10:23
The first one in late 2014, Paul Wilcox in Byron Bay.
Dan Webber
Dan WebberGUEST
10:31
So that's a 70-kilometre stretch of coast.
Dan Webber
Dan WebberGUEST
10:34
And the first one in Ballina was in February 2014. um, 2015.
Dan Webber
Dan WebberGUEST
10:42
That was also a fatality.
Dan Webber
Dan WebberGUEST
10:44
Um, that was Tarashi.

33 MINS LATER

Brett Burcher
Brett BurcherHOST
44:06
Okay,

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