Close Encounters of the Hammerhead Kind

[Dan]

I dove in Banda Sea, Cocos, Galapagos, Malpelo, Red Sea and Socorro to get the following close encounters with Scalloped Hammerheads. The video clips show two best dive sites to be in close encounter with these skittish Scalloped Hammerheads, so far...

 

[Searcaigh]

Nice one Dan, great shots

 

[Dan]

Nice one Dan, great shots

Thanks!

After going to 14 Hammerhead diving destinations & diving in > 50 Hammerhead Cleaning Stations, you are bound to get lucky.

 

[mcohen1021]

Had to turn off the overly dramatic music, but great footage, you got close!

 

[BoundForElsewhere]

skittish is right! even seen crackheads less tweaky. Great shots. you wanna adopt me?

 

[drrich2]

I envy you the close encounters. I loved my trip to the Galapagos; the scalloped hammerheads were stand-offish. I wished the vis. were more like Cozumel, because the waters were teeming with life at times. I recall hammerheads seem to have a rep. for being more skittish than some other sharks; wonder why that is?

 

[Dan]

I recall hammerheads seem to have a rep. for being more skittish than some other sharks; wonder why that is?

I wonder the same. They are as big as us. They do have a blind spot right in front and might get surprises with bubbles, light, movement right at their blind spot.

 

[2stroketony]

Great video Dan.