Scuba divers on Vancouver Island were in for the dive of a lifetime when coming across a shark in the depths of the Alberni Inlet.
Posted: Jun. 4, 2023 12:37PMScuba divers capture video footage of a bluntnose sixgill shark swimming in the Alberni Inlet. Saturday, May 27, 2023.
Divemaster Endrizzi and environmental technologist Clement, both from Nanaimo, joined fellow divers Connor McTavish and Danton West when they spotted the“We went up to do a dive trip. A change of scenery, different dive sights,” said Endrizzi. “We did a dive in the morning, and then we decided to do a deeper dive on a shipwreck that was there. We went down about 100 feet.”
“I remember looking at him and going, ‘Really?’ We go over, and there’s nothing there, but he’s looking around like a madman. We don’t see anything. We can’t really talk when we’re scuba diving, so we just continue on our dive.” “Garrett was pretty much right on the bottom at 80 feet, and I was a few feet higher, so we got different angles of video. I’m from above, and Garrett was down below. It’s nice to have both perspectives.”When spotting a shark, other divers may be urged to ‘dip’ or swim away to safety as quickly as possible, but this group had done its research.
He says the group reached out to the DFO to notify them of the encounter, which in turn was “very grateful” to receive the information considering such sightings are seldom.
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