Saturday Great white
Submitted by Bodie on Sun, 2014-11-02 20:25
Headed over to rotto with the boys for a dive on Saturday morning, and came across this big girl a couple km's short of Rotto. Not really what you want to see just before jumped in for a dive.
Was close too the whale carcass, we actually thought it was an upturned boat from a far.
She was big, guessing 4.5 - 5m
Was us on the news last night and tonight, and no not us who jumped on the whale. We did hear about this on the way back from rotto when we came up to the dead whale on the way back, there was a 2nd great white circling there about 3m.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbdW6dSBByU&sns=em
To give it perspective, my boat is 8m long
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i must admit it would be
i must admit it would be great to see one from a boat
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yeah it was pretty amazing.
yeah it was pretty amazing. But given the sheer size of it, you would never want to see one underwater.
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for sure
for sure
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Thought the boat looked
Thought the boat looked familiar on TV
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Did you have the motor
Did you have the motor running? lol
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Awesome
That would have got the hairs on the back of your neck standing up.
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Not the thing you want to see
Definitely not the thing you want to see when you are in a 3.5 tinny, but a great sight if you are in a bigger boat. How long did she hang around your boat.
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We watched her for about 30
We watched her for about 30 minutes before we left, she just kept making passes at us and sliding underneath rubbing her dorsal fin on the hull.
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Awesome photos. Would love
Awesome photos. Would love to see one that close (with air in between us....)
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What is that in the water with her?
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the whale or the outboard?
the whale or the outboard?
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Nice photos, some lifetime
Nice photos, some lifetime memories there for sure. Wonder how much threat that would pose to you in a boat (especially a 4-5m boat)?
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epic
epic
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So did you still go for that dive??
would have had second thoughts for sure..
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Awesome animal!
Awesome animal!
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No smokey??
No smokey??
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Did anybody else think
Did anybody else think channel 9's shark "expert " sounded a little biased? Maybe because she's in with sea Sheppard and wasc.
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She sounded like she had no
She sounded like she had no idea
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Would of been a pretty cool
Would of been a pretty cool experience...
havent seen either up close.
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I would be flat on my ass in
I would be flat on my ass in the middle of the boat, and maybe peep over the side!!!!
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Wonder if the boat looked
Wonder if the boat looked like the whale from underneath which could explain the interest in the boat.
I saw some of the footage from the news of your boat and also of the whale with the sharks around it. Very similar swimming patterns given that its gut was full and was probably protecting the next meal rather than actively feeding.
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exactly what I was wondering,
exactly what I was wondering, was it just protecting its next meal?
I've never seen sharks attack eachother tho to protect their meal, especially something as big as that whale.
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Anyone know the whales
Anyone know the whales position now?
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Washed up on Scarborough
Washed up on Scarborough beach