Divers spot the world’s largest ever recorded great white shark - 2.5 ton ‘Deep Blue’ - on vacation and feasting on a dead whale off Hawaii

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January 17, 2019, 01:52 PM

nojoy

Divers spot the world’s largest ever recorded great white shark - 2.5 ton ‘Deep Blue’ - on vacation and feasting on a dead whale off Hawaii

Wow great pictures. 20’ is huge! When & if they ever see a 25’r, they’ll have to name it Jaws

January 17, 2019, 01:56 PM

Southflorida-law

Freaking awesome!

And not to worry, Whites are (normally) ambush hunters, they come in hard/fast and usually from underneath. So, if you see it, it has no interest.

You cannot imagine how big those suckers look in the water, in '05 i was in the water with a 15-18 footer and it looked like a school bus!

January 17, 2019, 01:59 PM

Angus the Kid

So the marine biologist's name is really "Ocean"? OK.

January 17, 2019, 02:13 PM

bigeinkcmo

Pretty amazing! There's a video on this page.

January 17, 2019, 02:37 PM

mjlennon

quote:
Originally posted by UTsig:
... Am I the only one the Googled Ocean Ramsey?

Whoa

January 17, 2019, 02:38 PM

Sailor1911

quote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
Interesting wetsuit design. Could there be any particular reason for it, or is it just a cool design?

I wonder if it is that way so it breaks up the solid black of the wetsuit to reduce the possibility of being mistaken for a seal/sea lion.

Place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark.

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January 17, 2019, 03:01 PM

Sigfan Roy

Shark lady will likely follow in the footsteps of the Bearman in AK. Only a matter of time.

Beautiful pics, but insane to get into the water with all those sharks and "pet" them.

January 17, 2019, 03:38 PM

erj_pilot

Yeah...I don't think so.

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January 17, 2019, 03:55 PM

Hobbs

20ft and 2.5 tons of hell no. Not even to impress a pretty girl named Ocean. Nope

January 17, 2019, 04:48 PM

TigerDore

quote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
Interesting wetsuit design. Could there be any particular reason for it, or is it just a cool design?

That's one of at least a couple of fairly new designs out of Australia. It is designed to make divers less visually stimulating to sharks. In this case, it is supposed to make the diver blend more in the water.

They also have a black and white banded version that is supposed to simulate the markings of the highly venomous sea snake.

I don't know how proven the concepts are.

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January 17, 2019, 10:46 PM

craglawnmanor

quote:
Originally posted by UTsig:
Am I the only one the Googled Ocean Ramsey?

No, no you're not....

But we definitely need to tell Angus the Kid to Google her. Then I think he'd be OK with her name.

January 18, 2019, 06:21 AM

Salty Dawg

She's in the extreme danger zone on the hot/crazy matrix.

January 18, 2019, 08:14 AM

Sunset_Va

quote:
Originally posted by craglawnmanor:
quote:
Originally posted by UTsig:
Am I the only one the Googled Ocean Ramsey?

No, no you're not....

But we definitely need to tell Angus the Kid to Google her. Then I think he'd be OK with her name.

She is a mermaid, no doubt. And too lovely to be cavorting with sharks!

January 18, 2019, 11:33 AM

Timdogg6

quote:
Originally posted by Salty Dawg:
She's in the extreme danger zone on the hot/crazy matrix.

Bingo!!!

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January 18, 2019, 11:54 AM

Hound Dog

That would be an amazing encounter. I don't think I would ever free dive with that monster without a VERY sturdy cage.

January 18, 2019, 11:54 AM

Kevbo

My oldest son’s response

“That’s not a fish. It’s a submarine.”

quote:
Originally posted by Phantom229:
Just looking at the pictures is as close as I wanna get to that shark! Hot damn that’s a big fish!

January 18, 2019, 12:36 PM

Expert308

quote:
Originally posted by TigerDore:
quote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
Interesting wetsuit design. Could there be any particular reason for it, or is it just a cool design?

That's one of at least a couple of fairly new designs out of Australia. It is designed to make divers less visually stimulating to sharks. In this case, it is supposed to make the diver blend more in the water.

They also have a black and white banded version that is supposed to simulate the markings of the highly venomous sea snake.

So as to make you more attractive to other highly venomous sea snakes, you mean?

January 18, 2019, 01:35 PM

Hound Dog

quote:
Originally posted by Kevbo:
My oldest son’s response

“That’s not a fish. It’s a submarine.”

quote:
Originally posted by Phantom229:
Just looking at the pictures is as close as I wanna get to that shark! Hot damn that’s a big fish!

The photo that shows the shark's back is the one that makes it look the biggest. I wonder if she positioned herself well below the shark in order to make it look bigger. . .

She seems to be an 'internet personality,' so she is likely getting a LOT of hits because of this encounter. It also makes me think they tracked the shark down just for this photo op (whereas the article implies it was a chance encounter).

January 18, 2019, 01:45 PM

Sigmanic

quote:
Originally posted by Sunset_Va:
quote:
Originally posted by craglawnmanor:
quote:
Originally posted by UTsig:
Am I the only one the Googled Ocean Ramsey?

No, no you're not....

But we definitely need to tell Angus the Kid to Google her. Then I think he'd be OK with her name.

She is a mermaid, no doubt. And too lovely to be cavorting with sharks!

Here's an interview with her about this encounter.

https://www.today.com/video/ha...record-1428196419734