You think you're having a bad day?

TLH · MIP Old Timer

You think you're having a bad day?

StPeteDean · MIP Old Timer

Phil · MIP Old Timer

Holy Shit!!

lani · MIP Old Timer

another...hee hee

Pam P · Veteran Member

Woahoo!

Now I know why I don't go into the ocean anymore. I used to live all over traveling in and out of Hawaii during my early twenties. I swam in the Ocean without any problem behind friends homes on Diamond head, behind others friends homes over on Coco head, the great thing about a popular young female drinker ( ALCOHOLIC ) is you have (NO FEAR.) I don't know if these people had/have any fear during this shark experience? I would say "YES."

This picture is terrifying to me and certainly would make me very wary of my surroundings. Because I have had near drowning experiences along my lifes highways. Once when I was small in a lake when I fell off my little raft, then again in Alcapulco in a Rip-tide. With my then now deceased Fiancee that wanted to endanger our lives far beyond the safety zone on a small flat board for one but he wanted us both to use it ( not too bright)

Another time I thought that diving off a friends yacht drunk would be a great way to show off. We were out by Catalina Island down South of course. When I took a dive off the back of the yacht. It took all my energy to get back to the rope they threw to me to swim up to it to get inside. I was near frozen, many layers of towels around me, got into the hot shower. Then after I thawed out I was told there were sharks in the waters. That was just what I needed to end my drunk stunt yawn .
THinking back has made me tired,
Goodnight
Pam P

TLH · MIP Old Timer

That top image is a real image (not a photoshop) taken somewhere in the Bahamas. I guess shark divers use milk crates to fend off smaller sharks because they can turn them around and the shark's head and mouth fit inside the box. I don't think that Tiger's head would fit. ;)

My daughter surfs off Diamond Head pretty much every day. But shark attacks are super rare on the Soth Side of Oahu, probably mostly because of the abundance of boat activity and lots of swimmers. Tiger Sharks are usually pretty shy creatures about human contact.

Doll · MIP Old Timer

WOW! Now THAT is pretty frightening.....

StPeteDean · MIP Old Timer

TLH wrote:

That top image is a real image (not a photoshop) taken somewhere in the Bahamas.

I don't know about that TLH, at least the eyes have been photochopped.
And I doubt that guy would be sitting still for 14' tiger shark with no chain male on. I'd have my .223 bang stick out biggrin

TLH · MIP Old Timer

The worst mistake you can make when facing a big shark is to try to outswim it. Sharks generally overtake and eat anything trying to outswim them.

We dive a lot over here (though I have never been in the unfortunate position to run across a shark that big up close while still in the water.) The standard practice is to chill and don't panic, wait until the shark loses interest, lose whatever fish are in your game bag and slowly ease out of the area and back to the boat.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/remainingoceansart/299835621/

http://www.flickr.com/people/remainingoceansart/

Judging by the number and quality of shark photos this man has taken, he doesn't strike me as someone who needs to photoshop pictures to shock people.