Lights under surfboards could deter shark attacks

Study finds great white sharks less likely to attack surfboards with bright lights: "Like an invisibility cloak"
Seal-shaped boards decked with bright horizontal lights were less likely to be attacked by great white sharks, researchers found.
Lights under surfboards could deter shark attacks - study
Fixing LED strip lights to the bottom of surfboards could deter attacks by great white sharks, Australian scientists say. A study conducted in Mossel Bay, South Africa involved towing seal-shaped boards fitted with different configurations of lights behind a boat to see which attracted the most attention.
A New Study Says LED Lights Might Work as a Shark Deterrent
Australian researchers found that LED lighting affixed to the underside of a surfboard might be able to impede a shark’s ability to see its silhouette. To conduct the study, researchers from Sydney’s Macquarie University traveled to Mossel Bay ...
Surfboards with bright lights could deter shark attacks- study conducted in Mossel Bay
Ryan and her fellow researchers showed that seal-shaped boards decked with bright horizontal lights were less likely to be attacked by great white sharks.
Shark attack study using light ‘decoys’ to fool great whites could lead to protections for surfers, researchers say
Researchers believe their work could mean a "revolution" in surfboard design that is potentially beneficial here in Australia.
Lights on surfboards and wetsuits could deter shark attacks
Experiments show that illuminating the underside of a decoy seal reduces attacks by great white sharks, revealing a possible strategy to protect surfers and swimmers
LED lights on surfboards may prevent great white shark attacks: Study
A new study suggests LED lights on surfboards may prevent attacks from Great White Sharks on surfers and kayakers.
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Could surfboard lights prevent great white shark bites? ‘Like an invisibility cloak’
The researchers went to the shark-infested waters of Mossel Bay in South Africa to test out how lights impact great ...
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New LED camouflage can deter shark attacks, scientists say
Marine predators like sharks locate prey by looking for silhouettes illuminated ... of LED lights onto the decoys and towed ...
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Magic light: New LED-based tech disrupts sharks’ vision to prevent attacks on surfers
However, their reliance on vision can also make them vulnerable to a clever trick. Researchers at Macquarie University have ...
Australian Scientists May Have Discovered A Shockingly Simple Way To Prevent Shark Attacks
Being attacked by a shark is pretty low on the list of things you actually need to worry about based on the statistics, but ...
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Researchers: Bright lights could deter shark attacks
"There is this longstanding fear of white sharks and part of that fear is that we don't understand ... was conducted in the ...
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LED lights under surfboards may prevent great white shark attacks: study
This experiment was carried out in South Africa’s Mossel Bay, famous for the presence of great whites, where the ...