ABSTRACT
For those of us who go diving, surfing, or swimming, having a close encounter with a man-eating great white shark seems pretty remote. Although for many in the diving and surfing fraternity of South Africa, California, Southern Australia, and New Zealand, where they regularly visit to dine on the local seal population, the likelihood of an encounter is never far from one’s mind. The rare attack on a human has prompted the search for a deterrent. Previously, we described the Shark Shield in Chapter 9; a device that gives off a pulsed electrical field that can be detected by the shark and that is purported to be repulsive to it. Is there another strategy? Can we move about unnoticed? What can we do to promote stealth? The opportunity to go unnoticed by marine life, besides avoiding shark attack, would have other advantages, particularly for the underwater photographer or spearfisher who likes to get close to their subjects or prey.
