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 off 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 who encountered her a true once in a lifetime sighting.

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 Island’s 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 15 encounter took place off Oahu's North Shore and also involved tiger sharks feeding on a whale carcass, according to local media reports.In a matter of 24 hours, the shark featured (“Deep Blue”) became one of the most talked about white sharks on the planet. In video later shared widely on social media, the gargantuan creature swam up to the crew's dive cage and poked around curiously before disappearing back into the blue.Īround the same time that Gray, Mohler, Jeffries and their colleagues spotted Deep Blue earlier this year, a separate group also spotted what appeared to be the same shark off the Hawaiian coast. The massive shark swam into the internet spotlight several years ago when a film crew spotted her during a Shark Week shoot off Mexico's Guadalupe Island. It's not the first time Deep Blue has been caught on camera. Jeffries told National Geographic that wind and water conditions were perfect for shooting crystal-clear footage of the sharks. In total, the crew spent three days observing Deep Blue and other mature female great whites who dropped by to feed on the whale carcass. 'We had shots and video and it was more than enough to present to at least the scientific community for identification,' Jeffries explained, adding that authorities agreed that the massive shark pictured was likely Deep Blue. It's thought that she could be more than 50 years old.īased on the appearance of the shark's stomach, the crew also posited she could be pregnant - though the sumptuous sperm whale feast could also be responsible for her enlarged stomach. 'I was thinking, 'What in the world is this?' Because it was way bigger than any shark I'd expect,' Gray said of the encounter.ĭeep Blue is estimated to measure a staggering 20 feet long and is likely still growing by several millimeters each year. The underwater footage shot by photographer Mark Mohler showed marine biologist Andrew Gray and fellow photographer Kimberly Jeffries swimming just feet from Deep Blue, cameras in hand as they captured rare footage of the creature. Footage from that January encounter is featured in the National Geographic SharkFest special 'World's Biggest Great White?' on Sunday, July 21, at 8 p.m. New footage has emerged showing what appears to be Deep Blue, one of the largest great white sharks ever caught on camera, feasting on a whale carcass off the coast of Hawaii earlier this year.Ī group of Hawaii-based scientists and biologists filmed a shark matching Deep Blue's description several miles off the coast of Waikiki.

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