Scuba Diving with Laverne - Kona's Most Famous Tiger Shark

[@MannyGonzalezReyna]

It's just amazing that they can go visit her and record her beautiful presence. They are pretty territorial, when I used to work offshore the sharks were very well fed living under the rigs, so when they came to visit, they were attracted to the welding spark when we were working, they were extremely curious but never agressive.

[@ILIKEPIE2325]

So cool!! I just saw laverne diving today.

[@chisaquaticvibe6524]

Stunning!

[@sherylbjerre9636]

Beautiful photography! what colours! TY!

[@travgal9903]

Thanks for sharing this. Very nice footage of Laverne and other great life.

[@oceanicmermaid]

amazing video

[@WilsonKim808]

Lavern! It’s been too long! I missed you in 2023!

[@JacePenderwick67]

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing.

[@lizarrrdbeth]

This footage is stunning!!!

[@shoredivingalongthekonacoa6450]

Mahalo 🤙🏾

[@greggascoigne941]

She’s a great gal, always a treat to see.

[@Morticia-mw4ek]

What stunning animal

[@georgehorner1578]

Beautiful girl , magnificent, to have the privilege to get so close to her!

[@shoredivingalongthekonacoa6450]

Such a privilege!!

[@georgehorner1578]

@@shoredivingalongthekonacoa6450 ya buddy , thank you for taking me with you bro.

[@davidbodine6465]

Well done

[@roryvonbrutt7302]

she's been around the block a few times‼️®™️ LOL❗️

[@shoredivingalongthekonacoa6450]

For sure! She is the Queen of Kona! 👑🦈

[@roryvonbrutt7302]

@@shoredivingalongthekonacoa6450 Majestic old girl‼️®™️ 👏👏👏

[@michaelfishman1714]

How big is Laverne?

[@nimajneb7883]

Lavern's looking preggers

[@riverbullshark]

She is beautiful Wow

[@shoredivingalongthekonacoa6450]

Right!! She's a beauty!!

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

I have dove there. Wouldn’t have if I had known a tiger shark was there.

[@shoredivingalongthekonacoa6450]

Aloha - there's about 20 resident tigers that make appearances at this dive site. Usually they just make brief appearances and quick flybys. It's quite an experience to view Tigers behaving naturally (i.e. not baited or fed). I hope you had a wonderful dive there!

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

@@shoredivingalongthekonacoa6450 every dive I have had off of Kona over the years has been wonderful- thanks

[@ЗояАбдрахманова-я9ц]

Дайвинг Отважный Спорт👍🌈🇰🇿

[@theoak64]

DeFazio?

[@shoredivingalongthekonacoa6450]

Huh?

[@theoak64]

@@shoredivingalongthekonacoa6450 you know Laverne DeFazio. Laverne and Shirley.

[@shoredivingalongthekonacoa6450]

@@theoak64 well, this video features Laverne. And I have seen the tiger shark Shirley before. But never heard of the term DeFazio...

[@michaelfishman1714]

@@shoredivingalongthekonacoa6450 - On the 1970s television show Laverne and Shirley, the character played by actress Penny Marshall was named Laverne DeFazio. Theoak64 was just being funny. :)

[@thecutandthrust6742]

Whats that 17ft female at Honoka called

[@shoredivingalongthekonacoa6450]

Do you mean Honokaa? I'm not familiar with the tigers that frequent the east side of the island, but search for BigIslandTigerSharks.org and you might be able to ID it or submit it for ID and naming privileges!

[@micheladerry5681]

quel branco di pesciolini piatti è delizioso

[@shoredivingalongthekonacoa6450]

ti piacciono croccanti, eh?

[@micheladerry5681]

@@shoredivingalongthekonacoa6450 Oh, poverini, io pensavo ai colori e tu alla padella: cattivone!!!! Non mangerei manco lo squalo

[@shoredivingalongthekonacoa6450]

My apologies, apparently Google Translate didn't translate your comment accurately. I thought you were joking, so I joked back. Sharks are friends, not food :-) sorry for the confusion.

[@micheladerry5681]

@@shoredivingalongthekonacoa6450 ihihih... maybe u were hungry...

[@eringemini7091]

Laverne looks mad?🦈😠

[@shoredivingalongthekonacoa6450]

Hahaha, that poor girl, it's just her face! :-)

[@johnhammond9962]

Wow...what a big girl. I did'nt mean big in a bad way...oh jeez...please don't cancel me

[@shoredivingalongthekonacoa6450]

Hahaha! The bigger the kitties, the better!