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On February 12th we had an amazing day of shark diving. We headed to our new spot of 14-mile bank, a bank midway between Dana Point and Catalina Island. We had a magnificent morning with school after school of Mola Molas and about 30 minutes swimming in the water with the dolphins. Our first Blue shark showed up in only thirty minutes! We then had about one and a half hours in the water with three beautiful blues, two of which were perfect players allowing Michael to preform tonic on them. Enjoying a few beers on the boat after a day of shark diving the sharks kept coming in and brought the total number up to a record 14 sharks!

Michael Kazma preforming tonic on one of the Blue sharks. Both hand feeding and tonic are extremely dangerous activities and should only be attempted by trained professionals. Photo by Guillaume Kirgis.

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During our last Blue shark trip Michael Kazma succeeded in preforming tonic immobility on a six foot female Blue shark. By using hand feeding of bait as a tool to attract the shark, Michael was able to use a technique of “tickling” the sharks snout to induce a trance like state on the animal. Both hand feeding and tonic are extremely dangerous activities and should only be attempted by trained professionals.

As the magnificent Blue would swim in close to inspect Michael, he would place his hand gently on her snout and begin to tickle the sensitive receptor pores (ampullae of lorenzini). Instantly the shark would drift into a trance like state and sink vertically into the water. As soon as contact was lost she would awaken.

What an amazing trip this was and we all look forward to the next on on January 22nd where Michael will be attempting more hand feeding and tonic of Blues.

Enjoy the photos!