SPIEGEL GROVE, a few pics, saturday, 11/2/2013,,,,,,,,,,

[Fundive123]

that was an oceanic whitetip @ elphinstone reef in the southern red sea. animal made 3 close passes while I was snorkeling above our remaining divers(I had already burned my cylinder and elected to snorkel above them, all photographers, as the shark approached). close enough that I felt compelled to push the shark away with my cressis(heel of right fin, touching shark) on all 3 flybys. happened a few days later @ daedalus island as well with a smaller but just as aggressive whitetip. I believe 3-4 months later a French woman also snorkeling lost her leg and subsequently died from a whitetip attack @ Daedalus and ive heard most liveaboards now prohibit snorkeling(southern red sea) in the presence of sharks. divemasters believe the large yellow cressi fins might have attracted the shark as well as the fact that I was the only one swimming on the surface. oceanic whitetips are fearless! BTW, timg took the SG photos(I'm the diver next to the flag),,,


reefman
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Thats amazing! That's much closer than I would want to be with an oceanic whitetip haha. I've heard of oceanic whitetips possibly being the culprits of the shark attacks on the sailors who were on the USS Indianspolis. I was wondering about the yellow, as I've read somewhere that yellow might attract sharks (rethinking about buying yellow tanks haha). Thanks reefman for sharing the story behind your avatar photo and posting the photos of the passby from another photographer/perspective .... Timg, wonderful photos of Spiegel Grove

 

[timg]

Very nice photos! Especially the flag and diver. Just out of curiosity is that a Oceanic Whitetip checking out your fin in you avatar pic?!

Thank you Fundive123