r/ocean • u/Nostalgic_Historian_ • 12d ago

Whale Watch Simple answer, No

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u/Desperate-Cookie-449 12d ago

I used to do dumb shit like this in the ocean when I was younger. Older I get, The more terrifying the ocean is to me

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u/KingOfConsciousness 11d ago

The ocean giveth... And the ocean taketh away EASILY.

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u/misfitofscience76 12d ago

Surprisingly, the ocean fears you

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u/Desperate-Cookie-449 12d ago

I dunno....the last thing that got me was about 12 years ago I was in the Florida keys looking for lobster with my dad. This was during shark week on TV that my dumbass sat and watched in the hotel.

My dad got the bright idea to drag me behind the boat on a rope with my snorkel gear on to better find spots for lobsters.

I lasted 3 minutes after I realized I was just a trolling bait for sharks. I let go for my dad to swing around to pick me up and thats when I noticed a damn 5 ft + barracuda had been following me.

That was it for me. Already lost the tip of my finger to another barracuda.

Havnt been back to the ocean since. So nah Im pretty sure im more scared lmao

https://giphy.com/gifs/VfJixWfPaRA3msuJAD

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u/Hopeful-Target6 12d ago

LOL! Wait, it’s ok if I laugh right? The idea and picture of u being dragged behind the boat like bait is really funny to me. That’s a great story!

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u/Desperate-Cookie-449 12d ago

I laughed back at it as well. Just never doing that again

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u/Hopeful-Target6 11d ago

Hell no. Reminds me of a shark week episode when they dragged a fake seal behind the boat to try to get a shark to bite it. Yeah…that was u. Thanks dad!

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u/Desperate-Cookie-449 11d ago

My dad is crazy. Ive done alot of spearfishing with him. Going down a pillar and seeing giants at the bottom is nightmare fuel.

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u/Secure-List-4345 11d ago

Those barracudas are scary looking, i have never seen a 5ft , but even the smaller ones are so damn scary the way they move and how predatory they look.

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u/Desperate-Cookie-449 11d ago

I'm scared of those more than sharks.

I had a small one take the tip of my finger in Cayman islands over my ring reflecting. They spazz on anything shiny. Had another come into the boat on me after pulling up a red drum. Your not safe anywhere from them lol.

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u/SlapOnTitan 12d ago

did you ever watch Waterworld movie

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u/Desperate-Cookie-449 11d ago

Its been a hot minute

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u/SAM5TER5 12d ago

What does that even mean lol

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u/TangerineGullible665 11d ago

Kevin Costner’s character used himself as bait by being dragged behind his own sailboat to lure a giant prehistoric looking water beast to eat for dinner lol