Shark Tattoos

San Diego Shark Diving Expeditions is proud to feature Shark Tattoos sported by our guests and friends.
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If you have a shark tattoo and would like to share it on this web page we encourage you to send us a clear close-up image of the tattoo along with a head shot of yourself and a short bio. Tell us where you had your ink applied, the reason you decided to get the tattoo and what it means to you.
Please send us images that will show well at 8 inches wide or high.

Shannon "Chum Girl" Walker:

Shannon worked as a Shark Wrangler for two seasons with us during that time she earned the moniker of "Chum Girl".. She was an endless source of entertainment on the boat and actually did a pretty good job of handling the passengers and wrangling the sharks. She is a killer poker player so don't challenge her unless you want to lose your shirt! She's now off outfitting her own sailing vessel preparing for an around the world adventure filming episodes of the expedition with her boyfriend. She placed the shark tatoo ion her forearm in 2008 so she could easily see it to remind her of the fun she had as a shark diving diva. We wish her well on herglobetrotting adventures.

Patrick Masse


Patrick is a french diver who was aboard a charter to Guaddalupe in 2011.
He got his tatoo on the island of Huahini in French Polynesia. He told me that the tatoo artist required him to sit for two 3-hour interviews before he came up with the design. The artist had one side of his body completely covered in tribal tatoos and the other half without any ink. To the artist it signified that he had one foot in the tribal culture and the other in modern Polynesia. Patrick's tatoo was laid down using the "old style" without use of a mechanical needle. If you click on the right image to enlarge it the large star represents water and the stylized bird above the shark represents air. The three smaller stars are Patrick's three daughters. The shark has a diety's spirit inside.

Shane Taylor:


Shane’s family owns the oldest dive shop in Denver, Colorado. He is the shop’s general manager. Shane got the large Hammerhead Shark tattoo on his torso because hammers are his favorite species of shark. He actually had the tattoo applied at a Denver ink parlor before he had seen his first Hammerhead. He later then got a mechanical shark tattoo applied to his left forearm. I met Shane aboard the Sea Escape during a White Shark trip to Guadalupe Island in August of 2009.

Fernando Aguilar Jr:

Fernando’s father owns the Club Cantamar and the Sea Escape dive liveaboard.
Hammerheads have been his favorite shark since he first saw them at El Bajo, a seamount off La Paz in Baja, Mexico. The tattoo was done at shop in La Paz.

Lawarence Wahba:


Lawrence is a Brazilian underwater filmmaker who has traveled the world and documents stories on sharks. He has hosted his own program on Globo TV broadcasted in Brazil and South America.

Isao Karino is a deaf diver from Japan who flew into Mexico to join one of the White Shark trips. He and another Japanese deaf diver had a great time.

Jim Partington is an engaging Brit who has traveled extensively around the world seeking shark diving adventures and has written a manuscript of "Shark Dives of the World". He just recently worked as a divemaster aboard the San Diego based Islander coordinating shark diving operations while the Islander was at Guadalupe Island during the 2010 season. He is originally from the Isle of Jersey in the English Channel. His tatoo was done on Jersey but was a design used by a Fijian shark diving company.

 

 

 

 

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