Ever been boinked by a Great White?

[mdb]

After observing giant sea bass for decades and noting apparent GWS attacks on them from above, I think the legend of GWS attacking entirely from below is in error.

Nice post drbill:

Very interesting observations.

When feeding on seals/sea lions they, normally, attack from below.
Other prey they probably take on an opportunistic basis

 

[muzikbiz22]

Haven't been boinked, but had a "friendly fly by" about 4 years ago. Now I spend almost every dive in search of the same experience

 

[yle]

I wonder where that was?
People in my area have had encounters.

This video's been making the rounds on the internet for the past month or two. When it first showed up, I did some searching and found it's from Australia.

 

[Wingy]

South African spear fisher surprised by shark - 9News @yle can you provide a source because that occurring here would have made big news not shown up on FB

Interestingly Discovery Channel has this same clip listed as being filmed in New Zealand.


Re sharks attacking from above - Man whose head was 'swallowed' by great white shark lives to tell the tale

Greg Pickering was also working on the sea floor when he copped his second negative encounter with a shark.

 

[billt4sf]

I've seen quite a few sharks, but never a GW. I've never been the least afraid -- until this last trip. It was "just" a large grey reef shark, but they were in hunting mode as there were a LOT of fish around, and for once it did get close enough that it scared me a little. It became obvious that, if it decided to attack or taste, there would be absolutely nothing that I could do. Shoot, I can't even catch a turtle!

My dive buddy said they were "checking us out".

- Bill

 

[Bierstadt]

I've seen quite a few sharks, but never a GW. I've never been the least afraid -- until this last trip. It was "just" a large grey reef shark, but they were in hunting mode as there were a LOT of fish around, and for once it did get close enough that it scared me a little. It became obvious that, if it decided to attack or taste, there would be absolutely nothing that I could do. Shoot, I can't even catch a turtle!

My dive buddy said they were "checking us out".

- Bill

Dive with a stick you can whack it with. It probably won't help, but you'll feel better.

 

[yle]

South African spear fisher surprised by shark - 9News @yle can you provide a source because that occurring here would have made big news not shown up on FB.

Dang... I wish I could. I might be mistaken. My son showed me the clip a while ago, and since the water (and the shark) looked similar to what we dive in here in So Cal we were interested in whether or not it was local.

I did a quick search, found it wasn't in So Cal... and I thought what I found said it was Australia, but it's very possible I got my GW hot spots mixed up.

 

[J322Y]

Boinked by a fish? Is that even possible?

Close your eyes and repeat "fish sticks" until you get it....

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

I've never swam with a great white (to my knowledge, anyway). But last year in the Red Sea I did get nudged by an oceanic white-tip ... the same one I almost landed on when I did a giant stride off the back of the boat.

And two years ago I got gang-tackled by a bunch of stellar sea lions ... but they were just playing. I was more concerned about them biting a hole in my drysuit than anything else. Here's a pic of them descending on my dive buddy on a subsequent dive ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)