Eric Sedletzky
Contributor
I was diving off Santa Cruz Island once off the Peace. We were diving a site somewhere along the leeward side and suddenly my dive buddy grabs me violently and starts making all sorts of crazy hand gestures. His eyes were freakishly huge and he looked almost panicked, but he wasn’t, not from diving anyway.Whatever your reaction is, I guarantee a large brown cloud in the water column will be part of it. Especially if one sneaks up on you real close. I speak from experience.
After our dive when we surfaced to find the boat, he asked me if I saw that shark that came right for me and then cut away and sped off right over my head. I said no, I was busy looking for bugs in cracks. So apparently I got buzzed by an 8-10 footer and never even knew it. He didn't Seem to know what type it was. What types besides GW would be around Santa Cruz Island?