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Incredible footage has emerged showing divers swimming side-by-side with the largest great white shark ever recorded.
The six-metre-long shark, named Deep Blue, was drawn to the warm waters of Hawaii earlier this week to feast on a dead whale.
Local diver Ocean Ramsey, who previously swam with the huge shark on research trips to Guadalupe Island in Mexico, filmed the incredible encounter.
"She was just this big beautiful gentle giant wanting to use our boat as a scratching post," the model and diving tour operator told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
"We went out at sunrise and she stayed with us pretty much throughout the day."
Ms Ramsey, who studies sharks, was part of a team monitoring a rotting whale carcass off the shores of Oahu when Deep Blue approached.
She said the shark came to eat the carcass, adding it’s likely she headed to Hawaii because of hunger and a need for extra nutrients in pregnancy.
Hawaii waters are usually too warm for great whites compared with California's Pacific coast, where they feed on sea lions and elephant seals, Ms Ramsey said.
She estimated this shark was more than six metres long and 2.4 metres wide.
The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources said in a statement that the decomposing whale carcass had drifted about 13 kilometres south of Pearl Harbour after being towed 24 kilometres offshore days earlier.
The department said tiger sharks have been "almost continuously" feeding on the whale and said it was aware of photos of the great white.
The agency's Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement, Chief Jason Redull, said people should stay out of the water around the dead whale.
"We don't want anyone to get hurt if a shark swimming around the carcass mistakes them as food. Understandably, some people want to get into the water either out of fascination or to get photographs, but it is truly dangerous to be around this carcass with so much shark activity," he said.
The agency said there are reports people climbed on top of the whale carcass and removed its teeth, which may be a violation of state and federal laws.
Officials said the carcass it is currently drifting away from shore, but a predicted shift in the winds could once again push it back toward Oahu.
Deep Blue is believed to be the largest white shark ever recorded.
"Big pregnant females are actually the safest ones to be with — the biggest, oldest ones — because they've seen it all, including us," Ms Ramsey said.
"That's why I kind of call her, like, a grandma shark."
Sharks usually only bite when they're curious or mistake people for their natural prey but are unpredictable, she said.
With AP
© Nine Digital Pty Ltd 2019
https://www.9news.com.au/2019/01/18/08/15/deep-blue-shark-hawaii-diver-ocean-ramsey-us-news
The six-metre-long shark, named Deep Blue, was drawn to the warm waters of Hawaii earlier this week to feast on a dead whale.
Local diver Ocean Ramsey, who previously swam with the huge shark on research trips to Guadalupe Island in Mexico, filmed the incredible encounter.
"She was just this big beautiful gentle giant wanting to use our boat as a scratching post," the model and diving tour operator told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
"We went out at sunrise and she stayed with us pretty much throughout the day."
Ms Ramsey, who studies sharks, was part of a team monitoring a rotting whale carcass off the shores of Oahu when Deep Blue approached.
She said the shark came to eat the carcass, adding it’s likely she headed to Hawaii because of hunger and a need for extra nutrients in pregnancy.
Hawaii waters are usually too warm for great whites compared with California's Pacific coast, where they feed on sea lions and elephant seals, Ms Ramsey said.
She estimated this shark was more than six metres long and 2.4 metres wide.
The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources said in a statement that the decomposing whale carcass had drifted about 13 kilometres south of Pearl Harbour after being towed 24 kilometres offshore days earlier.
The department said tiger sharks have been "almost continuously" feeding on the whale and said it was aware of photos of the great white.
The agency's Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement, Chief Jason Redull, said people should stay out of the water around the dead whale.
"We don't want anyone to get hurt if a shark swimming around the carcass mistakes them as food. Understandably, some people want to get into the water either out of fascination or to get photographs, but it is truly dangerous to be around this carcass with so much shark activity," he said.
The agency said there are reports people climbed on top of the whale carcass and removed its teeth, which may be a violation of state and federal laws.
Officials said the carcass it is currently drifting away from shore, but a predicted shift in the winds could once again push it back toward Oahu.
Deep Blue is believed to be the largest white shark ever recorded.
"Big pregnant females are actually the safest ones to be with — the biggest, oldest ones — because they've seen it all, including us," Ms Ramsey said.
"That's why I kind of call her, like, a grandma shark."
Sharks usually only bite when they're curious or mistake people for their natural prey but are unpredictable, she said.
With AP
© Nine Digital Pty Ltd 2019
https://www.9news.com.au/2019/01/18/08/15/deep-blue-shark-hawaii-diver-ocean-ramsey-us-news
