Ocean Ramsey
believes sharks need love too. The poor reputation and demonization of sharks
is unfortunate and ill-founded according to Ms. Ramsey. The Hawaii based Scuba
Instructor is passionate about improving the horrible image of sharks around
the globe. To prove the point, Ocean, who could not have a more appropriate
name, recently swam with a Great White Shark in a stunning promotional video for an HD
camera company.
In a post on the ocean conservation site Water Inspired, Ramsey says “A lot can be said between two creatures that don't speak the same language. Even without eye contact, hanging on to the dorsal fin allowed me to feel the sharks’ subtle unseen movements; feeling the way the water displaced as we glided together, and the gentle but strong swaying of the sharks’ caudal fin (tail) so careful not to kick me as I released my hold.” (Source; Huffington Post, Ocean Ramsey, Shark Diver, Swims With Great White Shark.)
Watch Ocean Ramsey swim with a Great White Shark Below;
Watch Ocean Ramsey swim with a Great White Shark Below;
In video interview for the Huffington
Post, Ramsey who “free dives” with the sharks, and can hold her breath
underwater for almost 6 minutes, says she is not so much nervous when swimming with
sharks as she is excited to observe them.
Ramsey, who has been swimming with sharks since she was only
14 years old, notes in the video that shark bites are so rare in comparison to
other tragic events and that most of us have probably been around sharks in the
ocean and just didn't realize it. “That's a testament to the animal that you
haven't been attacked,”
For Ocean, swimming with sharks is far more than just an unusual
pastime or as a vehicle to improve their reputation of the sea creatures she loves. Her purpose is to educate us on shark
conservation. She notes, that with films like "Jaws" and television shows like “Shark
Week,” these amazing creatures of the deep blue sea get a bad rap. Many species
of shark are endangered or close to it, and she says, “…people don’t want to
protect things they are afraid of.”
For Ocean, swimming with sharks is far more than just an unusual
pastime or as a vehicle to improve their reputation of the sea creatures she loves. Her purpose is to educate us on shark
conservation. She notes, that with films like "Jaws" and television shows like “Shark
Week,” these amazing creatures of the deep blue sea get a bad rap. Many species
of shark are endangered or close to it, and she says, “…people don’t want to
protect things they are afraid of.”
Ocean Ramsey has found purpose through her passion and love
of sharks, proving passion and purpose can be found anywhere, even underwater.
Indeed, Ramsey has turned her passion into a “profitable passion” too. She is a
stunt woman and stunt double for underwater scenes in film and television.
For more on Passion, Purpose and finding your “profitable
passion,” see Don’t
Seek Success – Be Happi.”
Be Great!
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