Narration: Although experienced,
cameraman Richard Woolocombe was understandably anxious.
Richard: I have never dived with tiger sharks.
And I'm incredibly excited on the one hand to see tiger sharks,
but also somewhat reticent,
knowing they have such a dangerous reputation
Narration: So shark expert and photographer Doug Perrine was hired to watch his back.
Doug: And then in one hand,
I'll have an aluminium camera housing,
and in another hand,
I'll have this hi-tech shark billy.
And then it's just a matter of giving them a little poke
to let them know that you're alive and capable of defending yourself.
Narration: The moment of truth had arrived.
Mark: Bird on the water,
80 yards to the right.
Narration: It was time to swim with tiger sharks.
Pulling the boat up at a respectful distance from the bird,
the divers' final approach was from underwater.
To stop any surprise attacks from a shark beneath them,
they hugged the sea bed.
But the bird was long gone.
They waited back-to-back for a tiger shark to show.
None did. But as they surfaced, a shark appeared
Mark: Right behind you! Shark right behind you!
Richard: It's a pretty intimidating sight to see a shark that big and that fat.
it's a huge girth, absolutely incredible girth.