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Hi everyone.
On Saturday 13/11/21 Scuba Diving in Western Australia at Peppermint Grove Beach Capel.
1145hrs My son & I entered water together from boat ,We were both wearing Sharkshield freedom 7 devices & were turned on prior to entry.
I unclipped my Apollo Av1 scooter of rope tethered from boat & proceeded in my routine check of anchor & line.
1150hrs , after sorted anchor line , went past boat location, water was excellent visibility 10m+, noticed my son Toby's scooter was still hanging from rope, His bubbles indicated he was already at the bottom next to reef structure. I met up with him & he signaled that there was a shark sighted. I looked around but couldn't get any visual on it. He was noticeable shaken & I asked if he wanted to go back to boat- he wast sure as he didn't get a good look at what he had seen. All he saw was when I had hit the water upon entry on the other side of boat he saw a large fin splash near the boats outboard.
He wanted to continue dive & he collected his scooter.
1155hrs we dived around a close reef complex & ended up near sand line, I noticed something big at the corner of my eye, turned around and a white pointer 3.5m-4m was approaching slowly about 10m away. , it didn't seem aggressive-just checking us out, but it was huge, like a barrel. I basically froze & put my scooter in front of me with my back to reef as some defense?, Toby was in the open water near sand line & I could only watch helplessly as it went up to him within a few meters. It slowly turned & went opposite way. I can only think maybe the shark shield did provide some electrical barrier from coming closer.
1200hrs The shark had passed, I signaled to Toby to come over to me & follow, I knew where boat was -we hugged the sand between the reef complex and made way to under boat, we lost sight on the shark, but the boat was over the sandline & in an exposed situation. The decision was made to get to surface as quickly as possible ,clipping of our scooters and basically jumping back into boat with everything still on.
Never happy to abort a dive, though I'm going to have to get back on the bike & continue- its the second shark encounter I've had within a year....
-Carl
On Saturday 13/11/21 Scuba Diving in Western Australia at Peppermint Grove Beach Capel.
1145hrs My son & I entered water together from boat ,We were both wearing Sharkshield freedom 7 devices & were turned on prior to entry.
I unclipped my Apollo Av1 scooter of rope tethered from boat & proceeded in my routine check of anchor & line.
1150hrs , after sorted anchor line , went past boat location, water was excellent visibility 10m+, noticed my son Toby's scooter was still hanging from rope, His bubbles indicated he was already at the bottom next to reef structure. I met up with him & he signaled that there was a shark sighted. I looked around but couldn't get any visual on it. He was noticeable shaken & I asked if he wanted to go back to boat- he wast sure as he didn't get a good look at what he had seen. All he saw was when I had hit the water upon entry on the other side of boat he saw a large fin splash near the boats outboard.
He wanted to continue dive & he collected his scooter.
1155hrs we dived around a close reef complex & ended up near sand line, I noticed something big at the corner of my eye, turned around and a white pointer 3.5m-4m was approaching slowly about 10m away. , it didn't seem aggressive-just checking us out, but it was huge, like a barrel. I basically froze & put my scooter in front of me with my back to reef as some defense?, Toby was in the open water near sand line & I could only watch helplessly as it went up to him within a few meters. It slowly turned & went opposite way. I can only think maybe the shark shield did provide some electrical barrier from coming closer.
1200hrs The shark had passed, I signaled to Toby to come over to me & follow, I knew where boat was -we hugged the sand between the reef complex and made way to under boat, we lost sight on the shark, but the boat was over the sandline & in an exposed situation. The decision was made to get to surface as quickly as possible ,clipping of our scooters and basically jumping back into boat with everything still on.
Never happy to abort a dive, though I'm going to have to get back on the bike & continue- its the second shark encounter I've had within a year....
-Carl