We are officially over 700 encounters for this season (which started in October)! We reached this benchmark on Thursday (February 18).
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And our lucky little friend was a new shark that we had not yet encountered this season. We decided to name him Baluu, after our beloved Pepe Baluu - Steph's new dog.
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| Poor buddy is a little banged up |
Unfortunately the circumstances of this encounter were a bit disheartening. The clients, Tobias and I were swimming by ourselves with the shark, when three other boats joined up and all dumped their swimmers on top of us. We swam back to the boat, seeing that there were too many people. The shark became visibly harassed, trying to exit the area, but the way the boats were positioned seemed to trap the shark between them and the shore. There were way too many swimmers with the shark - around 12 to 15. This could be dangerous both for the shark (it could try to swim off and run into an engine) or the swimmers (the shark could swim off quickly by whipping its tail which could hit a swimmer).
Just a friendly reminder to everyone out there that there should only be one boat per shark and no more than 6 swimmers and one guide. We want to keep our sharks of La Paz Bay happy and healthy!
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| Do you see the 700? Sarah, Manolo & Tobias |
Sarah
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