Woke up today in the train car and heading out to shark cage diving, went through a half hour tutorial then headed out to sea about 30 minutes to a popular area for great whites. After about 40 minutes of trying to bait the fish, a huge great white about 14 feet appeared and they asked for volunteers to be the first one in the shark cage... guess who was first in...? Meeeee... then Adrienne.
They said the water was cold and asked if we wanted wet suits but we were so excited we just google'd up and jumped right in. The first time we went under the water and looked at the bait in front of us in the cage the shark was about a foot from our face. We came up from the water so excited and didn't even mind the coldness because of the adrenaline.Our first time in the cage we stayed in for about 25 minutes and had some close encounters with one large great white. The second time we went in for another 20 minutes or so we were right beside the bait and had about 4 great whites circling our boat and the cage. Not many people can say they came face to face with a great white but I did! Mouth, nose, teeth, eyes, fins, tail and all just a few inches from me!
A few times it's tail would smack our cage and rock it with it's power. It was probably the coolest thing I have ever done in my life. It looked like such a peaceful, curious, beautiful fish. It was amazing and soooo worth back tracking our route!
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