FREEDIVING WITH GREAT WHITE SHARK

LIVING FOR A CAUSE - OCEAN RAMSEY

A true force of nature and living for a cause, meet a dear friend of Julia Wheeler and Paul De Gelder; marine conservationist, scientist, entrepreneur, Freediver, marine encounter expert, nonprofit founder, speaker, safety officer and global voice for sharks, Ocean Ramsey.

Our incredible guest on this week’s episode of The Dirt Down Under is one of the only humans in the world who has freedived with the largest Great White Shark ever seen in history - challenging the negative stigma around shark behaviour and widely recognised for her commitment to the protection of our oceans and marine life working as a passionate shark conservation advocate.

The Dirt

@oceanramsey

• How did you find yourself freediving with the 3 largest Great White Sharks ever recoded in history and not get eaten!?

• Ocean, paint us a picture of how this situation unfolded!

• We didn’t even realise that Great Whites hang out in Hawaii!

• How can you surrounded yourself with apex predators on one breath, in the middle of the ocean and not completely freak out?

• Why swimming with older sharks is safer 

• What conservation message do you find comes out of the experiences you offer with sharks?

• Ocean teaches us how sharks are the doctors of the ocean

• The dirt on the bad publicity of sharks

• Shark protection bill in Hawaii (passed)

• Ocean talks the dirt on receiving international backlash from the media about touching sharks and tells us how she really feels!

• How using photography and film as a way of communicating global conversation on conservation

• Ocean shares her freediving experience with Grandma Great White

• Ocean blocked a Great White Shark from approaching swimmers…

• Ocean teaches us - we are not the natural prey of sharks

• Advice for people unfamiliar with sharks on what to do if they encounter one

• Why does ocean think Paul was attacked by a shark and lost two limbs?

• Envoy - Shark Cull - the movie

• The dirt on archaic shark nets; Australia has been involved in the longest marine cull in history with a method that has been proven as ineffective in court

• Do the sharks you spend a lot of time with recognise Ocean?

• Ocean tells us how it feels to see the damage we're causing to this species

• Anyone can go to Hawaii and swim with One Ocean Diving

• Julia and Ocean’s documentary filming experience together in South Africa looking for Great White Sharks

• What are the advantages of freediving with sharks vs scuba diving?

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