Are you sure you want to cage dive with White Sharks?

[Z Gear]

That was crazy! But can you imagine being in a cage and seeing this shark up close!!!
'Biggest great white shark ever filmed' surfaces | GrindTV.com
Now that is cool!!
Frank G

 

[Killerflyingbugs]

OMG! I noticed no one jumped in to save the diver.

I wonder if there is video from the diver's pov?

The guy with the ling hair looked like he was gonna but there was a shark in the way
I would think the divers wetsuit is ruined, hope it not a rental.

 

[CuzzA]

I'm curious what the cage operator was thinking as he appeared he wanted to go in and help. Something like this...

"Ok, I'm going to go in and render assistance, but first let me take off my hat. I'm ready. Wait, no. I have to take off my sunglasses then I'll go in. But wait, boy, this is going to take a while, sorry guys, I still have to take off my buff, my shirt, my undershirt and my shoes... Deeper thought = Damn, I should have wore jeans and socks today."

 

[RyanT]

A couple of things about this video really bother me. First, what got the shark in the cage was the fact that they were baiting it. If you look carefully, the shark grabbed the bait and then tried vigorously to swim off with it. As the shark was holding onto the bait, which was still attached to the rope, this held the shark on a trajectory which forced it into the cage. This is the sort of thing that happens when humans bait animals. The second issue is you can hear some discussion on the video where they were wondering if someone was in the cage. You mean the operator didn't know if they had divers in the water?

 

[CuzzA]

I'm sure the discussion in the video were just customers. They could have just came out of the galley and didn't know. The cage operator did open the door. I imagine he thought it would be the diver escaping, not the shark.

This isn't the first time I've seen a white shark breach a cage. Clearly more care needs to be taken if you have juvenile sharks present as they can fit through the window. That or make the window smaller.

The shark was definitely injured, as we can see blood coming from its gills. Probably coming from its mouth/teeth.

 

[Neilwood]

Ridiculous that that is allowed to happen - the cages must be poorly designed or constructed if that is possible.

I wouldn't mind swimming with sharks but not in those circumstances. If I read some of the stories regarding this correctly they are baiting the sharks so that will alter their behaviour considerably.

 

[doctormike]

A friend of mine was on that boat - you can hear her saying "uh oh" when the shark gets into the cage. This is obviously second hand information, but she was there and this is what she posted on FB.

The shark entered through the side opening (the latch to the door was apparently broken by the shark), and the diver (an instructor), rolled out of the same opening while the shark was trapped in the cage. He then waited outside until the shark got out through the open top. So he must have waited outside, hanging onto the cage breathing from a hookah wearing 40 lbs of lead on a harness! Then once the shark was out he reentered the cage and exited through the top, as you can see. Very impressive performance under pressure by that diver, but apparently no video.

 

[Neilwood]

A friend of mine was on that boat - you can hear her saying "uh oh" when the shark gets into the cage. This is obviously second hand information, but she was there and this is what she posted on FB.

The shark entered through the side opening (the latch to the door was apparently broken by the shark), and the diver (an instructor), rolled out of the same opening while the shark was trapped in the cage. He then waited outside until the shark got out through the open top. So he must have waited outside, hanging onto the cage breathing from a hookah wearing 40 lbs of lead on a harness! Then once the shark was out he reentered the cage and exited through the top, as you can see. Very impressive performance under pressure by that diver, but apparently no video.

Wow - he did seem impressively calm considering what was going on.

I would certainly be looking at a new wetsuit after that - no way I would use that one again as it certainly wouldn't be very clean inside after that!

 

[RyanT]

I'm sure the discussion in the video were just customers. They could have just came out of the galley and didn't know

Good point, you're probably right. It was still irresponsible practices that got the shark in the cage in the first place though.

 

[Rhone Man]

I think that proves the truth of the old meme: