The Sharks of Palm Beach County

[mscott556]

Couple more from yesterday's happy hour dives.

This Lemon was big at about 10ft & apparently blind.


Another Lemon

 

[mscott556]

June 28, 2014 (Deep Ledge & Lemon Drop 2)
Sandbar - 1
Bull - 1
Nurse - 1

GoPro screencap of Sandbar Shark that didn't come in close enough for a picture.

 

[mscott556]

July 4, 2014 (ESSO Bonaire & Deep Ledge)
Lemon - 6
Sandbar - 2
Bull - 1
Nurse - 1

 

[TampaScuba]

Horrible gopro video screen cap, but it was my first shark sighting off Jupiter (nurse)

 

[mscott556]

July 11, 2014 (Deep Ledge & ESSO Bonaire)
Tiger- 2
Dusky - 2
Silky - 1
Sandbar - 3
Nurse - 3
Lemon - 12

 

[Arubandi07]

Beautiful shots, Mike ... Hard time, picking a favorite ...

 

[SSharkk]

Here are the two essential books for identifying sharks.

This is the full version Sharks of the World: A Fully Illustrated Guide: David A. Ebert, Sarah Fowler, Leonard Compagno, Marc Dando: 9780957394605: Amazon.com: Books

Here is the brand new field guide version The first pocket guide to over 500 shark species

They are well worth owning if you are a shark person of any stripe.

 

[mscott556]

Thanks for the kind words! Here are some more pics from the weekend.

July 12, 2014 - ESSO Bonaire & Deep Ledge
Great Hammerhead - 1
Silky - 6
Bull - 1
Sandbar - 4
Nurse - 1
Lemon - 9

Silky Sharks


Not sure but this one might be a Dusky


3 Sandbar Sharks at once!

 

[mscott556]

Poor GoPro screencap but proof of a Great Hammerhead!

 

[HalcyonDaze]

First close-quarters encounter with a tiger shark yesterday - actually pretty darn close; she started nuzzling one diver's tank while his back was turned and I took it upon myself to give her a stiff-arm. Pity the GoPro wasn't working; would have been a great clip. I'll have to double-check previous vids, but according to Randy she's a newcomer and thus gets named after my friend Aliyah, who was on the boat for her birthday: