Because of this theatric, Ramsey became the first person to swim alongside the gentle giant.
Model and free diver, Ocean Ramsey, saw Deep Blue’s calm behavior as an opening, so she took the chance of swimming alongside the shark, which she managed to pull off. In the recorded video, Deep Blue’s non-aggressive temperament showed as she calmly approached and swam with the divers as well as several dolphins.īut we all know that sharks are known to be aggressive to humans, so what could be the possible reason behind Deep Blue’s placidity? Turned out, she wasn’t interested in having test bites with the humans surrounding her that time because she’s already fed - and not because she’s an even-tempered sharky. Every two years, researchers and experts spot her returning to the west coast of Baja, Mexico where she was first seen to reproduce during the mating season.įast forward to 2019, the queen of the ocean made a surprise appearance once again in Oahu, Hawaii where a group of marine biologists tracking tiger sharks found her scavenging food from a sperm whale’s carcass. According to Padilla, however, Deep Blue’s movements are predictable because of the female migration patterns of great whites. Unfortunately, Padilla’s team wasn’t able to tag Deep Blue that time, therefore her location and whereabouts are still unknown until today. From then on she became widely known as ‘Deep Blue’. The shark became an ocean celebrity overnight and was featured in Discovery Channel’s ‘Shark Week’ episode. In 2014, they uploaded the said video and it piqued everyone’s interest, gaining thousands of views shortly after it was released. Y ou can watch the unseen footage taken by Maier below. When the diver pushed her away, that’s when they realized how huge the shark was in actuality, and they were beyond amazed. You’ll see how one of the divers touched the shark’s fin while she took curious bites on the cage. Luckily they saw the same shark circling around them once again, and this time, their encounter was caught on video by Michael Maier. However, their first interaction with the shark wasn’t caught on tape, so they came back on the second day. That’s exactly what happened to shark movement specialist, Mauricio Hoyos Padilla and his team, when they spotted a massive female great white in Guadalupe Island, Mexico in 2013. The rotting whale carcass off the coast of Oahu has drawn packs of divers keen to see the sea life it attracts, but state wildlife officials have warned on Facebook for them to stay away lest sharks mistake them for food.We all know how dangerous sharks are, that’s why as much as possible, we avoid sharky surfing spots and wear all sorts of deterrents to keep them away from us - but what if one day you encounter the largest shark you’ve ever seen while you’re diving? The great white is uncommon in Hawaii's warm waters, but hunger could have driven Deep Blue out of her comfort zone, Ramsey said. "We need sharks and yet, perhaps because of the negative and inaccurate way they are portrayed in mass media many people do not care that they are being killed at a rate of 70,000,000-100,000,000 every year!" she said, criticizing the mass slaughter of the creatures to make shark-fin soup. Ramsey, a shark conservationist, posted pictures and video of the encounter to show great whites are not "mindless monsters." "We spent the entire day with her till the sun went down." "Deep Blue came up and brushed up against the boat, maybe she's pregnant, maybe she's itchy?" Ramsey wrote on Instagram.
This movie was shot by researcher Mauricio Hoyos Padilla off the coast of Guadalupe Island, Mexico in 2015 /OKFNNfYskH- Massimo February 21, 2018 The regularly keep posting updates about great white sharks.ĭeep Blue is one of, if not the, largest great white shark ever caught on camera. In fact, the 50-year-old female has made such a name for herself itself in the world of marine biology she even has her own Twitter account called 'Deep Blue Shark'. The great white in question is named Deep Blue and has been videoed before. Divers in Hawaii were watching a school of tiger sharks feast on a dead whale on Tuesday when a much bigger fish appeared out of the depths.Ī 20-foot-long great white shark, believed to be one of the largest in the world, swam right at the divers then began to check out their boats, said Ocean Ramsey, one of the marine biologists in the water at the time.