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Tiny Island Has the BIGGEST Tiger Sharks You've Ever Seen
The YouTube channel SharkBytes, hosted by marine scientist Kristian Parton, features an unforgettable episode showcasing some of the largest tiger sharks ever filmed near shore. This jaw-dropping still from an expedition to Norfolk Island, a remote island in the South Pacific with a colorful past, captures a team of scientists tagging an absolutely enormous specimen—an awe-inspiring moment that underscores just how massive these apex predators can grow.
Image Credit: Still from SharkBytes by Kristian Parton, 2025, Retrieved from YouTube
Biggest great white shark ever filmed? Meet 20-foot Deep Blue
Deep Blue is widely recognized as the largest great white shark ever recorded on film. Estimated at over 20 feet (6.1 meters) in length and weighing approximately 2.5 tons, this mature female was first documented near Guadalupe Island, Mexico, by researcher Mauricio Hoyos Padilla.
In 2015, Padilla shared footage of Deep Blue approaching divers, showcasing her immense size and calm demeanor. Researchers believe the shark was pregnant during this encounter, which would help to account for her massive girth. A true leviathan and a gentle matron of the deep.
NBC News. Say Hello to Deep Blue: ‘The Biggest Shark Ever Filmed’. YouTube video, 1:31. Posted August 11, 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOScL7REF0A.
Haole Girl: The Other Giant of the Deep
These breathtaking stills capture marine biologist and shark conservationist Ocean Ramsey swimming alongside Haole Girl—one of the largest great white sharks ever filmed. Estimated to measure over 20 feet long and weighing more than two tons, Haole Girl made headlines in 2019 when she was spotted feeding on a sperm whale carcass off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii.
Originally mistaken for the legendary Deep Blue, Haole Girl is distinguished by subtle differences in scarring and girth. Her calm, unthreatening behavior around divers stunned viewers and challenged public perceptions of great white sharks as mindless killers.
These haunting images—shared widely across social media and highlighted in the r/megalophobia community on Reddit—perfectly illustrate the enormity, grace, and misunderstood nature of these apex predators. Ramsey's fearless proximity to Haole Girl is not only awe-inspiring but symbolic of a deeper message: that fear can give way to respect when science and empathy lead the way.
Reddit User. "This Woman Swimming with a 20ft Great White Shark." Reddit, r/megalophobia, December 20, 2022.
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