Hammerheads

[ScubaLuuke]

great pictures, I am really fascinated by hammerheads. Looking forward to cocos in a little over a yr, june of 2008 with the aggressor fleet

 

[ThatsSomeBadHatHarry]

That is cooler than cool. Beautiful shots.

 

[TrickyRicky]

Amazing photos! Thank you for sharing them. They remind me of the movie I saw yesterday with my wife. It was called "Shark Water". I highly recommend it to anyone who likes sharks and loves diving.

Rich

 

[RiverRat]

Great stuff! That is one of my dream dive trips. So cool!
Shot 3 is nice as well. I've gotta go see some hammerheads!

 

[Larry C]

Great shots, Ken. Always have loved Hammerheads since first seeing them on Sea Hunt!
The first one with the Sunspot is really cool. The second is really nice as well. Looks like a killer dive.

 

[parabolic]

Outstanding

Ken...their mouths are so tiny, the mouths just don't look very threatening.

Thanks catherine. You are right, for all their power and size they are not threatening at all. I have been among them many times in Cocos, Sea of Cortez, and Galapagos and have always found them to be very shy. They feed on small fish and rays, they have no interest in divers and really seem to dislike bubbles. You are really lucky to get close to them with scuba, divers have much better luck on rebreathers. This is from Wolf Island in Galapagos:

 

[parabolic]

This really shows how small their mouths are:

 

[Jcsgt]

Jeez, Ken, your photos are amazing!

Are those scalloped hammerheads down there?

 

[parabolic]

Chantal, you are too kind and yes these are all scalloped hammerheads. ++Ken++

 

[Jcsgt]

Good, I'm trying to learn. I can't stand not knowing what I'm seeing when I dive.