Literally 5 minutes into the first dive of the trip, was looking at the wall to the left and happened to glance right and there it was in the deep. Kicked for all I had in me to catch it in time.
Careful with perspective and distance between shark and diver and camera when making estimates. Our size estimate came from personal observation, not video/photos.
The shark didn't seem to care that we were around and after we had run out of air on our first tanks and rushed back to swap tanks and reenter, it followed us back to the dive boat and even came to just below and behind our boat for a few minutes before it turned and then headed deep and out.
Spotted while at about 40 feet and following it took us to about 150 before I let stopped. Then when we returned, nearly out of air, to the boat, it followed us to the surface for about 2 minutes before it dove way deep and back out Atlantic side.
I always dive with a dive computer, which is actually a bit conservative. It handles multilevel decompression and is capable of calculating nitrogen levels below 130 ft without issue. I dove Roatan to 221 feet once, very briefly, and returning slowly and carefully I was able to finish a 40 minute reef dive between 40 and 60 feet safely. The dive was easily within No Decompression limits. The only stress was trying to keep up with the shark when it would flick it's tail away from me; it moved!
We dove out of Castle Comfort Lodge (Dive Dominica) with The "A" Team on the dive boat Banora. This was at Scotts Head, the SW most part of the bay. Feb 25, 2008. Barely 5 minutes into our first dive of the first day!
Where you looking for him, or did he just appeared? Nice video!!
simonzimko5 2 years ago
Literally 5 minutes into the first dive of the trip, was looking at the wall to the left and happened to glance right and there it was in the deep. Kicked for all I had in me to catch it in time.
drestinblack 2 years ago
@drestinblack It has a very larg mouth reminds me of the Megamouth shark lol.
300tunes 1 year ago
It would just push you aside, it's huge and not a man eater.
drestinblack 2 years ago
i love sharks. that swimmer is very brave
scarabass 2 years ago
woah nice i whould shit in my pants if i see anything like that O_o lol
KR7OX 2 years ago
That was kool you got real close.i'm hope you all enjoyed diving in D/ca
rangiesb 3 years ago
Really Awesome!!!
artofliving 3 years ago
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That's what the title says!
drestinblack 3 years ago
dominica?
BBKoenigsegg 3 years ago
Careful with perspective and distance between shark and diver and camera when making estimates. Our size estimate came from personal observation, not video/photos.
drestinblack 3 years ago
if that thing is 30 feet, the swimmer is 15 feet. shark is definitely huge though. 15 feet tops.
sirillclint 3 years ago
You have to remember his is a whale shark, a 30 foot whale shark isn't as incredible as a 30 ft great white or something like that.
katsumomoto 3 years ago
Where was this siting, (more precisely)
artofliving 3 years ago
Look at the Statistics and Data for a precise position on google maps.
drestinblack 3 years ago
whale sharks seems so gentle :DDD
Dr4g0nMaster 3 years ago
The shark didn't seem to care that we were around and after we had run out of air on our first tanks and rushed back to swap tanks and reenter, it followed us back to the dive boat and even came to just below and behind our boat for a few minutes before it turned and then headed deep and out.
drestinblack 3 years ago
ooo tats cool :D
Dr4g0nMaster 3 years ago
How deep was that?
mattn747 3 years ago
Spotted while at about 40 feet and following it took us to about 150 before I let stopped. Then when we returned, nearly out of air, to the boat, it followed us to the surface for about 2 minutes before it dove way deep and back out Atlantic side.
drestinblack 3 years ago
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mattn747 3 years ago
I always dive with a dive computer, which is actually a bit conservative. It handles multilevel decompression and is capable of calculating nitrogen levels below 130 ft without issue. I dove Roatan to 221 feet once, very briefly, and returning slowly and carefully I was able to finish a 40 minute reef dive between 40 and 60 feet safely. The dive was easily within No Decompression limits. The only stress was trying to keep up with the shark when it would flick it's tail away from me; it moved!
drestinblack 3 years ago
omg that cant be dominica...we have sharks now...that is huge
princessoree 3 years ago
lol it is huge it's a whale shark!!! they don't eat humans though they are filter feeder and not man eaters so it's welcomed lol
smokiller 3 years ago
thx for the info i feel much better but it's still huge lol
princessoree 3 years ago
Awesome encounter... moments such as this are the ones we live for as divers. Thanks for sharing
diveflix 4 years ago
Where was this in Dominica? That's amazing.
MikeInDominica 4 years ago
We dove out of Castle Comfort Lodge (Dive Dominica) with The "A" Team on the dive boat Banora. This was at Scotts Head, the SW most part of the bay. Feb 25, 2008. Barely 5 minutes into our first dive of the first day!
drestinblack 4 years ago
Awesome. My last snorkeling trip at Scotts Head was amazing as I swam with 2 large barracuda (3 to 4 feet long) for almost an hour and got photos.
MikeInDominica 4 years ago
u guys are lucky seeing this ..glad u got it on tape..
smokiller 3 years ago
According to your earlier post, you write it was near Scott's Head
artofliving 3 years ago
It WAS near Scott's Head. I could see Scott's Head from the dive boat. Soufrière Bay isn't very big, this was on the west side of the bay.
drestinblack 3 years ago