Saw my FIRST White Tip Shark Today

[HowardE]

What happens when a guy who usually shoots video leaves his camera behind, because of housing malfunctions? You see something cool of course.

We were on Gazebo Reef off of Boynton (me and Michelle, and moneysavr) with Splashdown this morning, when I see a white tip reef shark... It was a pretty big one, probably about 6' if not slightly larger. The shark didn't see me at first, and I had a good vantage point (where if I had my camera, I could have gotten GREAT FOOTAGE)

I signaled everyone to look and they all saw the shark too. The shark turned, and swam towards me, and i thought about the old "yellow" thing, which is the color of my flashlight that I was pointing at the shark with. The shark came towards me to about maybe 10' away... My SAC went from .5 to .9... but then it swam calmly away.

It was way cool. But alas... no video. :11doh:

 

[HowardE]

I forgot to mention... 60' + viz... 78 degrees F for water temp. Very mild current.

 

[Capt Gary]

Yep never fails. The kodak moment always occurs when the camera is on the boat or is broken. But alias there is always another dive, and more shark encounters await. So don't give up hope.

Good Diving,

 

[HowardE]

So true Capt Gary... I'm sure you know I won't give up hope... Still hoping for the whale shark, frogfish, and a pod of dolphins.

 

[Capt Gary]

Speaking of a pod of Dolphins, we have a pod of 15 following us out of Tavernier Creek Friday. I did a couple of circles and they were jumping out of the water doing flips. Hopefully you will be on the boat next time we encounter some.


Good Diving,

 

[Scuba_Jenny]

Cool Howard. One of these days I will see a shark other than a nurse.

 

[Scubakevdm]

Dude! Did it look like this? We don't have any white tip reef sharks, but we do have the occasional oceanic white tip, which is much cooler to see. Scarrier too!

 

[HowardE]

Dude...

I looked up oceanic reef sharks, but this one definitely had a pointy dorcel fin. not curved, like you were saying. Definitely white on the top of the dorcel fin too... I wish I had brought my darn camera.

 

[Diesel298]

hum
sounds like a fish story to me...

JK man

awesome sight tho..

ill ive ever seen is dogfish up this way
and ya know............... i think im ok with that

Ray

 

[Scubakevdm]

"fleshy headed mutant.. you friend or foe"

Take off, eh? Radiation has made me an enemy of civilization. I know I got a fleshy head, but what's up with mutant?