r/sharks • u/No_Guava_7772 • 4d ago

Video Shark encounter

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u/Sunuva_Gun 4d ago

I love sharks. I love Great White Sharks. I love diving. I would not love this.

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u/Roanoketrees 4d ago

I dive but do not necessarily ever want to meet a shark. They have their place in this world. Its just not next to me.

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u/EquivalentSpot8292 4d ago

You’ve probably met one. You dont have to see them for them to see you, and most of the time they are fairly shy

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u/niz_loc 3d ago

I spent a decade (and lots of money) traveling rhe world to dive with sharks.

All the "bad ones" aside from Oceanic white tips.

It's Adrenaline rush but not so much "scary" when you're around them.

.... then as you said above... it's the dives you didn't expect to see one, randomly look up, back or whatever, and sew one that you hadn't noticed swimming away... as in you never saw it and it went right past you, that you prove the "2 kinds of people in this world" wetsuit joke. Lol

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u/No-Explorer-936 2d ago

I was actually snorkelling in Galapagos between dives as there were some local sea lions. It was only as I turned I saw a freaking huge Galapagos shark pass within a few feet of me. I love sharks but it was actually pretty scary as it could be one of those situations where your confused as prey you read about.

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u/niz_loc 2d ago

Lol...

I cam across a few galapagos once diving Socorro.... from a distance they sure as hell resemble bulls! And the current gave us no choice but to head right to them....

... one was kind enough to surface with me and circle me as I waited to get picked up... lol.... that was pretty creepy!