Shortly after the interaction, the massive predator led the group of researchers to where she more than likely feeds - an elephant seal colony.Īt the time the fish was filmed it was pregnant and measured more than 20ft in length.

'I feel like the luckiest guy to have been able to catch Deep Blue on video and still when I watch it I am very happy and still enthusiastic again.'ĭeep Blue, who is estimated to be at least 50 years old, was filmed by Mr Maier in November 2013 - but this latest footage was previously unseen. 'It is never hectic it is quiet, it is reassuring and it's just very beautiful to be with them in the water and to dive with them. He added: 'What I love about diving with sharks is the massive force of these animals in combination with different elements. Shark conservationist Mauricio Hoyos Padilla captured footage of. Mr Maier, a salesman from near Cologne, Germany, has previously dived with other sharks including tiger sharks and bull sharks. The great white shark known as 'Deep Blue' is nearly 20 feet long and is thought to be the largest great white ever caught on film. He described Deep Blue as being calm and not at all nervous when she swam over to the cage and stared at the group The shark then passes the second cage very closely - offering a fleeting glimpse of Deep Blue's huge teeth before she swims away again. The footage shows Deep Blue swimming towards the divers inside their protective cage, taking an inquisitive bite at the metal before feasting on a piece of fish. 'We had a very long beautiful dive with her and we were all very much enthusiastic about the encounter.' In 2013 footage of Deep Blue went viral around the word and without her knowing it, she was made famous overnight Estimated at 20ft in size she is the without. 'During the circles we realised just how big she was - she must have been something like seven metres long. She was very interested and was looking at us. 'She was very calm and not at all nervous and was circling us. We realised almost immediately that she was very big. 'All of a sudden out of the deep blue, there she came. When we entered the water we had to wait because there was nothing to see. Mr Maier, 48, said: 'Deep Blue is a very large female shark and she is known to be found in Mexico.

Ramsey said she has been pushing for a bill that would ban the killing of sharks and rays in Hawaii for several years, and hopes this year the measure will actually become law.Researchers estimated the 20ft-long female great white shark was more than 50 years old and heavily pregnant at the time Oliphant, who photographed the now-viral images, said it’s unclear if the shark is the famed Deep Blue, believed to be the largest great white ever recorded. Approximately 50-years-old and pregnant, footage of Deep Blue was captured in 2013 for a feature on a Discovery Channel documentary during Shark Week last year. The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources said it was aware of photos of the great white and that tiger sharks also have been feeding on the whale. I wish more people would have a connection with sharks and the natural world, because then they would understand that it’s not petting sharks or pushing them off to maintain a respectable space that is hurting sharks (because trust me if she didn’t like being pet she can handle and communicate 🦈) it’s the wasteful and cruel practice of grabbing and catching sharks to cut off their fins (which slowly kills them) for #sharkfinsoup in a process called #sharkfinning or the wasteful #sharkfishing or #sharksportfishing If it bothers you that I touched the shark please click on one of the hashtags above and leave them a negative comment first 😉 #HelpSaveSharks #SpreadAwareness #FinBanNow #bansharkfinning #Sharkfin Vid shot on my #gopro3000 #goproforacause out with with ❤️ 💙 ❤️ 💙 #savetheocean #sharktouch #touchingsharks #oneoceanteam #discoversharks #discoverocean #greatwhitesharkinhawaii #freedivingwithsharks #whitesharkhawaii #deadwhalehawaii #dolphinsandsharks #🤙🏽 #Hawaii #sharka 🤙🏽🦈Ī post shared by Ocean Ramsey #OceanRamsey on at 4:56pm PST I know some people criticize touch but what some don’t realize is that sometimes sharks seek touch, she swam away escorted by two rough-toothed dolphins who danced around her over to one of my shark research vessels and proceeded to use it as a scratching post, passing up feeding for another need. I waited quietly, patiently, observing as she swam up to the dead sperm whale carcass and then slowly to me passing close enough I gently put my hand out to maintain a small space so her girth could pass.

Deep blue shark footage