Posts Tagged ‘White Shark’
2009
11.26
Tags: Attack, Great White Shark, Hawaii, Laird Hamilton, Maui, offshore, Pro Surfer, Shark Attack, stand up paddling, surfing, White Pointer, White Shark
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Stand stand up paddle boarder laird Hamilton attacked by shark
Laird Hamilton Expert water man and professional surfer was out stand up paddling offshore near the west coast of Maui. When according to witness and photographer Kelly Robinson the shark was making slow passes under Hamilton till all of a sudden the shark came straight up from the bottom and just missed him! “it was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen!” said Kelly. Hamilton being the water man that he is chose not to ride back on the support boat and finish his paddle back to shore. A very luck Hamilton did not even receive scratch from this near miss. Great white sharks are very rare in Hawaii but every year there are more and more sighting of white sharks.
2009
11.20
Tags: Alaska, Great White Shark, Hawaii, Humpback Whale, Lanai, Maui, Migration, Predation, Researcher, White Pointer, White Shark
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great white shark following pregnant humpback whale
Researcher following humpback whales on there long migration from Alaska to Maui took this amazing photo. Researchers believe the whale appeared to be a pregnant mother. Researchers also said “the white shark seemed less then happy with our presents!” Full grown whales usually have no problem fending off sharks how ever new born calves are not so lucky.
2009
11.18
Tags: Cathedrals, Feeding, Great White Shark, Hawaii, Lanai, Maui, Scuba, White Pointer, White Shark
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great white shark
Privet boat out of Mala bout ramp out of Maui headed over to Lani for an after noon of diving at 2nd Cathedral Lava tube. Wile in side the the tube a white shark came over to briefly check out the divers bubble then quickly left the seen. According to a radio report by a near by fisherman that there was large dead pilot whale near by the dive site.
