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This has to be my favourite dive of all time! We were diving pinacles on Protea Banks. We were relaxing under an overhand watching the fish and a pretty big Tiger shark, it was around 4m long. Next thing the reef just went quiet, no fish, the Tiger swam off. We looked at each other and said ok lets go up As we swam out from the overhang a MASSIVE White shark swam over us, she was at least 5.5m long and absolutely HUGE. After the initial shock we sort of calmed down and went back under the overhang, she swam past us three times and was realy eyeing us out, you could almost see the curiosity in her eyes. We hit our minimum air and decided to ascend, she followed us up all the way to our saftey stop, staying around 3m away from us at all times. Needless to say it was an interesting safety stop! We deployed our SMB and looked up to make sure the boat was above us, we ascended to underneath the boat and my buddy went over first. The White shark was still around 3m away from me just below. I took my chance and bolted over the side of the boat, I was shaking so much from the excitement. We then looked over the edge and she lifter her head out the water to check us out again. She circled the boat a few times, raising her head out the water 3 more times and then she swam off. This was without a doubt the best White Shark encounter I have ever had, she was the biggest I have seen and it was an amazing experience. I have been in the water quite a few times with White sharks, mostly on the wreck of the Birckenhead, but this was the first time one so big was around and in such clear water. Needless to say I now keep a camera with me on each and every dive! |
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?8/16/2005 - Incredible
| Posted by DrBill |
| I've heard you all have some pretty incredible encounters with whites, tigers and other sharks in those waters. Even though whites are seen frequently around the island, they usually seem to avoid divers here. I've only done cage dives with them in sight! Beautiful creatures to film though. Some day I'll dive your neck of the world. |
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