For most it would bring back terrible memories of the scene from Jaws when the immortal line 'you're going to need a bigger boat' was uttered.
But when a team of divers spotted the largest great white shark on the planet they only hesitated to grab their cameras before they jumped into the sea.
The enormous predator named Deep Blue is up to 50 years old, weights 2.5 tons and measures 20ft long.
It was drawn to the water around Hawaii for what one diver described as an 'all you can eat buffet' - to feed on a dead sperm whale.
Deep Blue was last spotted in Mexico in 2013 here it was fitted with a tracker which is how divers were able to identify it this time.
Conservation photographer Juan Oliphant was one of the divers who took the plunge along with with marine biologist Ocean Ramsey.
Remarkable photos shot by Oliphant show him and Ramsey swimming right next to the enormous predator.
Posting on Instagram shortly after the swim, Oliphant wrote: 'Face to face with the worlds largest great white ever recorded “Deep Blue” with @oceanramsey.
'I’m still in shock that we spent almost the whole day with this amazing animal in my backyard.
'I hope my conservation images like this help people to question their perceptions and realize the beauty, and importance of sharks and I hope that they inspire the kind of compassion and connection we need to have with nature and sharks, to help protect them and coexist alongside them.'
Another diver who swam with Deep Blue. Kimberly Jeffries, wrote: 'If you asked me a few days ago what the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen in Hawaiian waters the answer probably would be pretty different.
'If you asked me yesterday the answer would be freediving with Deep Blue, a great white, the largest ever documented, who was last seen in 2013 in Mexico.
'If you asked me right now, it would be freediving with, interacting with and photographing not one but multiple, different great whites AND Deep Blue.'
More plus video at link, above
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January 17, 2019, 10:51 AM
HRK
When reading that title of the thread I wondered why a great white shark would be on vacation....
January 17, 2019, 10:55 AM
old rugged cross
Very cool. I would of thought he would of been much older. I wonder what a GW's life expectancy is? 50 seems quite young to me for such a creature. Be cool to see pix of him tearing into the whale.
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January 17, 2019, 10:57 AM
Il Cattivo
Smart hippies. I'd wait until that big bugger had filled up on whale fat before getting that close too.
January 17, 2019, 10:58 AM
Pizza Bob
Not just NO, but Hell NO!
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January 17, 2019, 11:01 AM
Surefire
Her name is Ocean? She’s nuts for swimming along that thing. I guess knowing it’s not hungry in any way reduces much of the risk...
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January 17, 2019, 11:05 AM
Balzé Halzé
Interesting wetsuit design. Could there be any particular reason for it, or is it just a cool design?
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January 17, 2019, 11:06 AM
c1steve
Usually free diving wetsuits use a camo pattern, so the divers can blend in better when spearfishing.
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January 17, 2019, 11:08 AM
tk13
That's knuckin' futz.
January 17, 2019, 11:29 AM
just1tym
Probably a good thing that it's already been feasting on the whale first. If it was hungry I'm not sure getting in the water would be such a great idea.
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January 17, 2019, 11:33 AM
chellim1
quote:
Remarkable photos shot by Oliphant show him and Ramsey swimming right next to the enormous predator.
They are remarkable photos...
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Originally posted by tk13: That's knuckin' futz.
Yeah, that's what I was thinkn' If that thing became slightly agitated, you'd be gone in an instant, lady!.
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January 17, 2019, 11:38 AM
Jimbo54
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Be cool to see pix of him tearing into the whale.
Watch the video in the article. It shows him doing just that.
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January 17, 2019, 11:45 AM
pbramlett
"You're gonna need a bigger boat"
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January 17, 2019, 11:47 AM
njauto
Absolutely NO.
January 17, 2019, 11:50 AM
Sig2340
quote:
Originally posted by pbramlett: "You're gonna need a bigger boat"
To be safe you need an island bigger than Australia.
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January 17, 2019, 11:54 AM
Phantom229
Just looking at the pictures is as close as I wanna get to that shark! Hot damn that’s a big fish!
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January 17, 2019, 12:03 PM
UTsig
I'd love to see that fish but from the boat, thank you. The pictures are just amazing, the clarity. Am I the only one the Googled Ocean Ramsey?
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January 17, 2019, 12:07 PM
gearhounds
Really big Whites are almost uninterested in humans. Unless they’re dead or at the surface doing an imitation of natural prey. In fact, in many cases when they mistake humans for sea lions, they often don’t follow up the initial bite. I’m not suggesting that they have any warm fuzzy feelings for humans, or that an accidental bite can’t easily kill. It’s just that humans seem to appear...foreign as a food source for some reason.
I’d swim with that bruiser in a heartbeat if given the chance.
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January 17, 2019, 12:56 PM
RichardC
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Originally posted by gearhounds: In fact, in many cases when they mistake humans for sea lions, they often don’t follow up the initial bite.
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Oh, well, OK then.
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Originally posted by UTsig: Am I the only one the Googled Ocean Ramsey?
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January 17, 2019, 01:34 PM
Poacher
quote:
Originally posted by RichardC:
quote:
Originally posted by gearhounds: In fact, in many cases when they mistake humans for sea lions, they often don’t follow up the initial bite.
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Oh, well, OK then.
quote:
Originally posted by UTsig: Am I the only one the Googled Ocean Ramsey?
"10"
No you are not, and agree with Richard.
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