Courtesy of WOWSA, Yonaguni Island, Okinawa, Japan. In October 1994, Steven Munatones attempted and completed a solo 29 km circumnavigation of Yonaguni Island, the westernmost part of Japan in Okinawa - only 110 km from Taiwan. But he was not alone in pioneering this circumnavigation swim. The silver bodies of hundreds of hammerhead sharks circled
Hanging With Hammerheads Courtesy of WOWSA, Yonaguni Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. There are lots of holiday tours and diving tours centered around hammerhead sharks from the Caribbean to the Pacific. Usually the hammerheads are seen from below while being photographed by divers in a group. But there is something profoundly different when a group or
Hanging Around Hammerheads Courtesy of WOWSA, Yonaguni Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. There are lots of holiday tours and diving tours centered around hammerhead sharks from the Caribbean to the Pacific. Usually the hammerheads are seen from below while being photographed by divers in a group. But there is something profoundly different when a group
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. We can think of few creatures who are as fearsome-looking as hammerhead sharks, but who are relatively mild vis-à-vis open water swimmers. Seen from above or below, shivers of hammerhead sharks can send shivers up and down the spine of open water swimmers when they swim slowly round and round or in and out
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Back in 1994, Steven Munatones swam clockwise around Yonaguni Island in Okinawa, Japan.The beautiful tropical island, close to Taiwan, is a well-known oasis sitting between the East China Sea and Pacific Ocean where shivers of hammerhead sharks congregate, feed and breed. With 70 dive sites around
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Discovery Channel's Shark Week describes ten places around the world where sharks can be readily seen and are always around. 1. Cocos Island in Costa Rica with loads of hammerheads and whitetip reef sharks. 2. Isla Mujeres in Mexico with pods of giant plankton-feeding whale sharks. 3. Great Barrier Reef
Courtesy of WOWSA, Yonaguni Island, Okinawa, Japan. In October 1994, Steven Munatones attempted and completed a solo 29 km circumnavigation of Yonaguni Island, the westernmost part of Japan in Okinawa - only 110 km from Taiwan. But he was not alone in pioneering this circumnavigation swim. The silver bodies of hundreds of hammerhead sharks circled below
