Finally got to swim with a shark

mwynne · Post by **mwynne** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:03 am

What a great night dive at redondo tonight. Got to swim with a six gill for about 10 minutes. Here's some pics.

...and a little video

[youtube]http://youtu.be/Ryq-gT_OanM[/youtube]

H20doctor · Post by **H20doctor** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:08 am

You the MAN !!!!

airsix · Post by **airsix** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:18 am

Awesome! Sixgills, now in fun-size!

renoun · Post by **renoun** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 1:18 am

[sarcasm]No fair chumming with PSL's and baby grunt sculpins.[/sarcasm]

Way cool, perhaps this will be the year that folks start seeing six-gills on a regular basis again.

thefeve · Post by **thefeve** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 3:33 am

Awesome! About how big was it? That's really cool, but also scares me:)

sitkadiver · Post by **sitkadiver** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 3:34 am

Very Nice, thanks for posting..

If it had been me, I would have been too excited to maintain my presence of mind and get the video.....

You are definately the man....

Bric Martin · Post by **Bric Martin** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:07 am

That is awesome, what a great dive! I am really jealous. Thanks for the pics and the footage.

Joshua Smith · Post by **Joshua Smith** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:36 am

Totally cool! Congratulations!

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:00 am

This is good news! If there have been some pups dropped then perhaps the sightings will pick up and divers will see them as they grow and before they leave the sound. I believe Mr. Rawlings posted a link to some very interesting research - don't have time to look up and repost but worth your time to look for.

BASSMAN · Post by **BASSMAN** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:49 am

Awesome! Thanks for sharing pics AND video!
One more reason to dive @ Redondo more often.
Guess where the next " Thursday Ssouth Sound Dives" will be, next week

Nwbrewer · Post by **Nwbrewer** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:52 am

Awesome video!

John Rawlings · Post by **John Rawlings** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:57 am

Tom Nic wrote:This is good news! If there have been some pups dropped then perhaps the sightings will pick up and divers will see them as they grow and before they leave the sound. I believe Mr. Rawlings posted a link to some very interesting research - don't have time to look up and repost but worth your time to look for.

This is probably what you are referring to, Tom: http://www.nwdiveclub.com/viewtopic.php ... 10#p210810

spatman · Post by **spatman** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:58 am

Very cool! How deep were you?

mwynne · Post by **mwynne** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:02 am

thefeve wrote:Awesome! About how big was it? That's really cool, but also scares me:)

Only about 4 foot, just a baby so not scary at all

spatman wrote:Very cool! How deep were you?

We were at about 90 feet (Near the carousel boat) when we spotted him. Ended up at about 110 so he took us out west a ways....

BASSMAN · Post by **BASSMAN** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:04 am

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:08 am

John Rawlings wrote:
Tom Nic wrote:This is good news! If there have been some pups dropped then perhaps the sightings will pick up and divers will see them as they grow and before they leave the sound. I believe Mr. Rawlings posted a link to some very interesting research - don't have time to look up and repost but worth your time to look for.
This is probably what you are referring to, Tom: http://www.nwdiveclub.com/viewtopic.php ... 10#p210810

Yes!!!

In particular John's second post re-capping the conference.

If the speculation is correct and some sixgills have pupped in the Sound we may be in for another round of sightings as they mature before leaving. Males reaching sexual maturity at abt 3.5 meters and females at abt 4 meters - those are big fishies anyway you slice it! Hopefully we will have the privilege of a few more sightings as they grow.

Jan K · Post by **Jan K** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:26 am

Great video ! Right place. right time

KneeDeep · Post by **KneeDeep** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:01 am

BASSMAN wrote:Awesome! Thanks for sharing pics AND video!
One more reason to dive @ Redondo more often.
Guess where the next " Thursday Ssouth Sound Dives" will be, next week

If so... I'm in

Scubie Doo · Post by **Scubie Doo** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:05 am

Way cool. Definitely a dream for me. I would love to see one. Great pics and vid!

ArcticDiver · Post by **ArcticDiver** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:39 am

Outstanding. Some of my favorite memories are swimming with sharks of various kinds. But, I've never seen, let alone swam, with a Six-Gill so I counted gills in the first image. I only counted five, not six. What am I missing?

mwynne · Post by **mwynne** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:45 am

Perhaps you're counting the flaps of skin between the gills? Count the vents...there are six

KneeDeep · Post by **KneeDeep** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 10:53 am

ArcticDiver wrote: I only counted five, not six. What am I missing?

I thought the same... till I clicked on the image to zoom in...

coulterboy · Post by **coulterboy** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:55 pm

Awesome video! Also, a very even respiratory rate. Just like a walk in the park for you.

ArcticDiver · Post by **ArcticDiver** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:16 pm

KneeDeep wrote:
ArcticDiver wrote: I only counted five, not six. What am I missing?
I thought the same... till I clicked on the image to zoom in...

That did it. Thanks.

Dusty2 · Post by **Dusty2** » Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:33 pm

Shark puppies in the sound! Woopee!

Nice job guys.

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