Paul Morris Shark Attack

Join Paul as he relives and shares his story of being looked upon by a 5 and a half metre great white Shark as a potential meal.

Filming with Peter Cronshaw of 20/20 helped me get out my feelings about my experience and to advise others how we can make ourselves less attractive to sharks when we are out there in their environment. This also led on to gaining a wealth of information about the Great White shark participating in an autopsy of a 3 metre Great White shark with Clinton Duffy of DOC. It was here that I met David Hamlin of National Geographic Click link above for full article.

Ultimate Shark National Geographic Explorer Channel, This was to be my second documentary about my Great White shark attack / encounter as I like to look upon it as now. This was to be another eye opener for me as I learnt a great deal more about the Great White shark. Click the link above for my full article about my experience with links to information that I gained from this valuable experience.

Facing my Fear of sharks and entering the water with Phil Keoghan of the NOW show / No Opportunity wasted was an experience that I will never forget surrounded by huge Bull and Tiger sharks. This was a mind blowing event for me that I am sure others will get confidence from reading this article. Click link above for my full article.

The latest and most likely the last Doco. that I will do in relation to my Shark attack / encounter was with the Sunshine Beach Pictures, This is to air in 2009 on Animal Planet with the Title "Your Worst Animal Nightmares" The best thing for me out of this so far was having the opportunity to meet a true legend and two people that inspired me to learn more about the Great Whites being Andrew and Rodney Fox. More info will be updated here prior to this screening on Animal Planet.

Here we look at the facts that I have found out about the Great White Shark. These sharks are truly amazing and I keep finding out more and interesting things about these magnificent misunderstood creatures of our deep blue oceans.

This is a brief intro into the world and the history about the Great White Shark. These sharks are in need of our help in order to ensure their survival. The Great White sharks are not mindless maneaters that the media world would have you believe.

Here we are looking at the general practices of tagging the Great White sharks along with information gained. How this system works and a load of other information is compiled right here for easy reading.

Paul Morris spent a bit of time out with Clinton Duffy of DOC in order to locate and tag some Great White sharks on Aucklands Manukau habour. Great Whites seem to really like these waters with the biggest shark tagged here being just over 6 metres in length.

Over 173 million sharks are slaughtered each year for their fins. Most of these fins end up in the assian market for soup. Read the disturbing facts here as we are killing our seas that provide us with 75% of the oxygen we breathe.

We are building this section over time to have a detailed database about the sharks and Rays in New Zealand waters. Information and photos that you would like to share can be sent to info@diveplanet.co.nz

Find out what it is like to participate in a shark diving experience and what draws thousands to the water each year to explore these magnificent creatures.