The massive predator was also featured back in 2014 in a Shark Week documentary, when researchers tagged the gigantic fish. The video shows the enormous apex predator swimming near researchers in steel cages, with one bold enough to be swimming outside the protection of the protective metal bars. 'If you asked me right now, it would be freediving with, interacting with and photographing not one but multiple, different great whites AND Deep Blue.' 'If you asked me yesterday the answer would be freediving with Deep Blue, a great white, the largest ever documented, who was last seen in 2013 in Mexico. 'I hope my conservation images like this help people to question their perceptions and realize the beauty, and importance of sharks and I hope that they inspire the kind of compassion and connection we need to have with nature and sharks, to help protect them and coexist alongside them.'Īnother diver who swam with Deep Blue. Kimberly Jeffries, wrote: 'If you asked me a few days ago what the most amazing thing I've ever seen in Hawaiian waters the answer probably would be pretty different. Posting on Instagram shortly after the swim, Oliphant wrote: 'Face to face with the worlds largest great white ever recorded 'Deep Blue' with still in shock that we spent almost the whole day with this amazing animal in my backyard. Remarkable photos shot by Oliphant show him and Ramsey swimming right next to the enormous predator. The SDX team will be running trips to meet sharks like Deep Blue this year and If you are interested in joining us for this unique and first of its kind expedition please contact us today.Deep Blue is thought to be around 20ft long according to scientists who have previously encountered the predator, around the same height as a fully-grown giraffe One of the worlds’ last unknown predators, unchanged for millions of years swimming effortlessly and majestically within touching distance of divers looking on in wonder. She cannot be tamed, cannot be kept in captivity, weights the same as a small vehicle and is as long as a minibus. Seeing a shark like Deep Blue, in her natural environment from the safety of a cage is a truly humbling experience. After a two- year migration, these females are seen time and time again revisiting the island and beginning the whole cycle once more. They also coincide their arrival late in the season with that of the Californian Elephant seals of which they feed on to stock up on before making vast migrations along the Californian coastline. It is theorised that Guadalupe is a mating ground for White sharks as from mid October onwards huge mature females are seen regularly, often with fresh mating scars down their flanks. It is this Internet clip however, that really shows off her size and girth against the cage and the divers she encounters.Īllegations have been made on the length of this shark but based on our knowledge and after speaking to Mauricio, Deep Blue has been estimated at anywhere between 19-21ft in length making her not only the largest sharks ever seen at Guadalupe but one of the largest ever seen on the planet! At over two tons in weight and possibly up to 50 years old this is a magnificent and rare specimen making the experience for the divers a true once in a lifetime wildlife encounter. She was also filmed during that month by discovery channel for the acclaimed production “Jaws Strikes Back” in which she was tagged and followed by an underwater camera. During this month operators at the Island saw Deep Blue on just a few rare occasions. The footage was taken by Guadalupe Islands’ leading on site scientist Mauricio Hoyos and was actually shot back in November of 2013. So, what’s the story behind the footage? How big is she really? When was the footage taken? And where did this incredible shark come from?…………………… The story behind the footage In a matter of 24 hours, the shark featured (Deep Blue) became one of the most talked about White sharks on the planet.

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