The shark sighting led others to explore the area, hoping to catch a glimpse of Deep Blue. The word originates in Medieval Latin with meanings of looking over and detailed study of a subject. To be totally honest, I've been a bit more afraid of the media than I was swimming with Deep Blue." An underwater survey is a survey performed in an underwater environment or conducted remotely on an underwater object or region. It is a tiny island off the west coast of Mexico and. All her movements were efficient but still beautifully fluid. With virtually unlimited dive time in our surface cages and at least 3 dives a day in our submersible deep dive. Guadalupe is the premier destination for great white shark cage diving in crystal clear, warm, blue water. That being said, swimming with her and documenting her behavior as she fed and dove and fed for hours over the course of the day was both exhilarating and serene.
"She is an absolutely beautiful and magnificent being that both commands and deserves respect.
A great white shark named 'Deep Blue,' believed to be the world's largest. "It was quite humbling to be in the presence of this great shark," she says. Hawaii diver talks swimming with largest great white shark on record 05:25. "And even that law has many loop holes," she added.Jeffries, an experienced underwater camera woman who worked on the Emmy award winning documentary Chasing Coral, described the experience as "absolutely breathtaking." While it is not needed to actually dive deeper than 5-10 metres, the dives themselves occur in deep water, far from coastal recreational activities. Reaching the dive spots takes about 1 hour to navigate. With cage diving you climb into a metal cage that is lowered into the water. The Blue shark and the Mako occur offshore. "There are currently no laws to protect sharks from being killed" except for a ban on killing them for their fins," she wrote in a statement. If you dream of swimming with great white sharks, then cage diving is for you. Shark populations around Hawaii have been declining for years, and Ramsey said she hopes Deep Blue's moment in the spotlight will also shine a light on much-needed shark protection legislation. It's like five Thanksgiving feasts all in one go," he said. "For a female that's carrying six babies - two to 10 babies that will be born at about 4 1/2 to 5 feet long, weighing about 40 pounds apiece - that's more than just a meal. Regardless, Lowe said tagging data indicate three female sharks have been recorded feasting on the "floating buffet" that is the dead sperm whale carcass off Oahu. View this photo on Instagram Instagram: oneoceanconservation Ramsey speculated that Deep Blue was itching her pregnant-looking belly when she rubbed up on the boat. "Nobody knows for sure why they do it," Lowe continued, explaining that Deep Blue was spotted off the coast of California over a year ago.Īccording to tracking data, the female sharks typically return to the West Coast - either Baja California, Mexico or California - in the early spring to deliver their pups. One Ocean Diving headed to see the sharks gathered around the whale carcass, and that's when Deep Blue brushed up against their boat, introducing herself. Additionally, Lowe said it makes sense that it would be Deep Blue because "female sharks usually swim out to the middle of the Pacific, sometimes as far out as Hawaii, for two years before they come back to California or Mexico to have their pups." Deep Blue, who comes in at 20-feet long, eight feet high, and 2.5 tons, is the largest Great White shark ever photographed.
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