Have you ever seen a shark in the ocean?

Question

Not on tv or in an aquarium

Answer 1

Yes. When I go on my cousins charter boat out in the gulf we see them all the time. We've actually caught a few before while Marlin fishing

Answer 2

Yes, I have!

Growing up in La Jolla, California, I use to scuba dive along the coast, and hammerhead sharks are often seen patrolling the waters searching for sea lions and seals, their favorite food. Because the wetsuit I was wearing is black in color, the sharks sometimes mistake me for a seal and when this happens, I punch him in the nose with a 12 Gage shotgun shell on the tip of a long pole, which gets his immediate attention. I then must leave the water because the other sharks in the area will smell the blood and know it is din din time.

After I got use to being in the waters with different types of sharks, I then started taking color pictures of them, especially during the early morning hours, when they are close to shore, feeding. I would set-up floating lights in the cove and wait for something interesting to come around the jetty, and catch the image on film. I would then take the camera to my house and my brother and I would develop the film and then take copies around to all the major seafood restaurants and sell them to the owners. This was a very profitable business for me and the best part about doing it, was nothing got injured or killed.

Sharks are by nature very curious critters, and although I have had a wide variety of pets when growing up, I never tried to raise a baby shark, just not my cup of tea.

Hope this gives you the answer that you were looking for,

Thank you,

Fire'n'Ice

Answer 3

Yes I have... a school of fish were jumping all around us, while swimming in the ocean. We didn't know we were surrounded by a bunch of sharks, following the school of fish, until a coast guard helicopter, started to fly above us, telling us to remain calm and still.... I kept having the theme song from Jaws running through my brain the whole time.....lol...But after what seemed like about an hour or so, we were allowed to move, and get out of the water, unscathed.

Answer 4

Yes. Diving on the Proteus off the coast of N. Carolina. Schooling Sand Tigers. Rather neat to see. Also, a Blue Shark on a deco hang on a wreck in VA. Didn't like that much as I had 6 minutes to get out of the water and it was circling. Also reef sharks on a dive off of Grand Turk in the Caribbean.

Answer 5

We go fishing every few years off the coast of North western Canada (near Vancouver Island) where we have caught SEVERAL sharks on our lines (not that we TRIED to catch them).... these are what is known as sand sharks and the biggest one we ever caught was about 5 ft long.... we don't keep them---we usually just have to bop them on the head and remove the hooks and cut them up for other fish to eat...

Answer 6

I have seen a basking shark while on a whale watch and I just saw a 4 ft. nurse shark wash up (alive) on shore while vacationing in New Hampshire.

Answer 7

Yes, been touched by one while swimming deep water. Deep water as in over my head. Then when i was a bit younger I got bit on the ankle by a small shark. I have a scar form it. Then while I was at a dock I saw one swimming by the dock.

Answer 8

yes, my boyfriend kept a baby shark as a pet once, together with some weird ocean animals in his huge fish tank

Answer 9

Thank goodness I never did. The water is to cold here for sharks.

Answer 10

Yes