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Not to insinuate that the photo has been touched up but, the 3.8 meter kayak looks much small than the shark that is only 200 cm longer. I think the angle helps a bit to exaggerate the photo. Still, a great photo.

CanOz
 
the owner of the Laureton(sp) dive shop in central NSW has good footage of about a 5 metre great white shark. We were diving at a spot where grey nurses are known to be collecting their discarded teeth when a big nasty decided to crash the party.
I never grabbed the footage off the dive operator and have never been back there since.

Also been in the water with a 4.5 - 5.0 tiger on a dive and never knew it... I was leading the night dive on a wall off Mooloolaba and the trainee dive master, a young Frech Canadian call Giom (sp) was silent on the whole way back to the shop after the dive.. On the debrief he let me know...

One tough little froggy that boy hehe..

Still here to laugh about it, though
 

You have bigger balls than I , Stan 101.


I touched a great white
http://media.theage.com.au/?category=Breaking News&rid=46539
 
sam76 said:
You have bigger balls than I , Stan 101.
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Thanks, but that's not the case.. Different strokes for different folks. Been in the water with smaller sharks alot. So much so it was often a case of pushing them out of the way if there were too many of them. It interrupted the dive!

here's a couple of grey nurse shots. Sorry about the pic quality. Sharks, dolphins and whales always have a way of popping up when there is bad visability, your strobe/flash is on the boat or disappear when you actually want to take their photos.









cheers,
 
CanOz said:
Not to insinuate that the photo has been touched up but, the 3.8 meter kayak looks much small than the shark that is only 200 cm longer. I think the angle helps a bit to exaggerate the photo. Still, a great photo.

CanOz
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Just the perspective.

Also been in the water with a 4.5 - 5.0 tiger on a dive and never knew it
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For every sighting, there are many more times where the shark goes unnoticed .
 
Man attacked at Mona Vale beach by Great White Wobbegong!!
 

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I do a lot of diving (mainly free diving and some spearfishing) and shark sightings are not uncommon. In fact it is more uncommon to go a whole day without seeing a shark. Generally speaking though they are normally smaller species (bronze whaler, hammer head, reefies etc) from v.small to about 8ft and are nothing to worry about.
Occationally we come across larger species including v.large tigers, GWS, Mako and Oceanic White Tips.
Of all species the Mako and Bull sharks are the most scary as they cannot be predicted. Most others are ok, although a large GWS or Oceanic White tip will put the wind up you.

99.9% off the time seeing a shark is not reason to leave the water. Really sharks are the most miss understood animals in the world. From 100;s of dives and 1,000's of sharks I have only ever been in one really uncomfortable possition (due to sharks). The fact remains - if you are bitten by a shark, you are just damn unlucky.
 
In easter I was surfing in Margaret River and a fairly large great white burst out of the water about 10 metres away from where I was surfing with a large salmon in it's mouth. The thing was going nuts, smashing a massive ball of salmon near the shore. As the water turned red-ish, I paddle back in to the shore and my mate grabbed his fishing rod.

5 minutes later I paddled back out to get some waves while my mate caught a bunch of salmon. Was so surreal but so awesome. I was comforted by the fact the shark had other things to eat other than surfers.
 
lol

squeal like a pig...

that guy screaming is a classic...
 
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