Bad Shark...

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Quick thinking.
 
Good thing he was alert.
 
Yikes! Looks like he was expecting it?
 
sad but probably necessary. never seen an off gun reel setup like that.
 
Belt reel a back up for the primary reel on the gun.
 
interesting the shark looked like it calm straight up vertically -maybe he knew it was there and it was showing interest in him -hence on the look out
 
dumpsterDiver knows this cause we dive the same reefs.......That shark behavior is fairly normal for Jupiter & West Palm. The mistake that the freediver made is neither he nor his buddy(?) dove down below to "back the shark down". Staying still with an attacking shark just isn't going to work. You have to get aggressive and swim towards the shark to back them down. It's just one shark, wait till you have 4 on you and have to get in a boxing match. That diver waited way too long and he lost control of the situation.
 
dumpsterDiver knows this cause we dive the same reefs.......That shark behavior is fairly normal for Jupiter & West Palm. The mistake that the freediver made is neither he nor his buddy(?) dove down below to "back the shark down". Staying still with an attacking shark just isn't going to work. You have to get aggressive and swim towards the shark to back them down. It's just one shark, wait till you have 4 on you and have to get in a boxing match. That diver waited way too long and he lost control of the situation.
Maybe YOU can swim down and see who is the bad@ss of the sea, but not me.
I WILL have nightmares about this.
 

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