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Originally posted by charly
About ten years ago I was scuba diving in the Bay of Thailand, it was a wreck dive and we were at least 25 metres down. My buddy tapped me on the shoulder, turned me around towards him, then gave me the "be calm" signal. He then turned me back and there was a 8-9 foot shark all black with white tips on his fin.
My buddy signal ed to me to start blowing bubbles, which I did. I was brave and went for my diving knife, this must have scared the shark cos with a lazy flick of his body/tail he was gone.
Then I was scared
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That was one of the funniest shark encounters I have ever read. I'm sure the knife scared him .... 9ft shark vs 6 inch blade
did you watch him look up his janes guide to weapons to see what sort of knife you were carrying ?
having said that it reminded me of something, I took a friend for his first dive after he got his ticket. we were bumbling along the bottom looking for abalone when I spotted a 2ft wobbygong snoozing on the bottom. i got my friends attention and signalled for him to look at the shark, wobbygongs are well camoflaged, and my friend couldnt spot him, so i prodded the shark with my knife. Instantly the shark moves, my friend works out what it is, and is standing up under water ready to attack something that is as dangerous as a life jacket. I guess you had to be there to see the look in his eyes.
The only places I wont dive for a fear of sharks are known feeding areas for them, ie seal colonies and some places where they especially attract large sharks.
Experts say that with the sharks senses adapted to the marine enviroment, for every shark a diver see's another 20 sharks see the diver.