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Great White encounter at Thunderbolt Reef, South Africa

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great video! i was a bit spellbound there. it sounded like it was barking at it rofl
 
Very mooi video Bark, shout, scream, sing a heavy metal song......good to see the theory in action..and working..
 
amazing, shark was only curious though... handled well, what an experience... but to catch it on video as well!!!
 
THe one thing you had in your favor is that you had great visability and saw the shark way off in the distance as it started to check you out. It then was aware that YOU were aware ot it, thus the chance of it getting injured if attacking dramatically increased. Now, if that water had been less clear, your video might have turned out a bit different. Scary stuff but well played.
 
Good thing he had a speargun with him. That would have probably saved his a**, if the shark got even more curious and decided to take a test bite.
 
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Same guy, different shark....



This guy is a shark magnet!
 
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sai said:
Good thing he had a speargun with him. That would have probably saved his a**, if the shark got even more curious and decided to take a test bite.
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I have the feeling the day a white shark decides to take a bit, the speargun won't help much.
 
ThomasB said:
Spearfishing in south africa definitely helps the magnet
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Yeah, I must say that there are some areas that used to be good spearfishing spots that's just too dangerous to dive these days.

Specifically False Bay, where I do most of my spearing, more and more areas are no-go due to the increase of the shark population.
 

If I'm not confusing the place i've done white shark cage diving in false bay almost 8 years ago. Pretty cool from inside the cage. Not sure i would venture out tho
 
ThomasB said:
If I'm not confusing the place i've done white shark cage diving in false bay almost 8 years ago. Pretty cool from inside the cage. Not sure i would venture out tho
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Thats got to be pretty unnerving anyways, even from inside the cage.
 
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