Testimonials

I recently encountered a 3m juvenile white shark off Albany, Western Australia whilst spearfishing. I was in 16m of water when it came from behind at speed. The first I knew was the shadow above me and the the shark turning about 6-8m in front of me, giving me a complete side profile. It circled me slowly then came in again at speed but you could definitely see the shark turn away at approx 4-6m before it disappeared into the depths.

I believe that the shark ambushed me from behind and was zapped by the Ocean Guardian electrical field, then came...

I have had two encounters with sharks in the past two years. One was a Great White of approximately 4m, diving in clear water at 20m. She came in slowly, totally aware of my presence. The first thing I wanted to do is get the hell out of there, but sensibility prevailed; a quick check to see if my electronic shark repellent was on and functioning – and it was. I just kept still, looking at the shark, wondering if this is what it was like for some of my mates that that had been taken by Great Whites. It...

I was spearfishing with a group of 5 and 2 in our party had Ocean Guardian’s. Both with the Ocean Guardian left the water to take a break. In the mean time we had speared 2 large hog fish, one of which was immediately retrieved & the other going into a hole. While attempting to retrieve the Second Hog fish, we speared a Grouper. All of the commotion began to draw sharks to the area. There were 3 reef sharks that kept coming in close to the divers. When one of the 2 other divers went back to the boat...

Thanks for your product. I was asked to dive with a long standing dive partner of mine who was taking his boat around Australia. I spent nearly a week diving at the Muiron Islands north of Exmouth. On the one day I had 2 encounters, one whilst holding a fish speared for dinner that my friend was keen to photograph. We were in about 5m of water and there was a gully behind me. As I faced the camera and the shot was taken, my friend lurched back for some reason – he later told me when we surfaced that...

The greatest advantage we have found with the Ocean Guardian FREEDOM7 is keeping sharks away from a speared fish. When hunting Big Yellow Tunas in the Blue Water, there are lots of 8-12′ sharks that can eat a 250lb (113kg) tuna in a matter of seconds and is a devastating loss to us spearos.

I am a full time commercial spear fisherman and I am always looking for a way to increase productivity. Over the last few years, we have had more and more issues with sharks on the west coast of Florida. They slow us down and even become dangerous. Due to this, I became interested in Ocean Guardian and was given the chance to test one. I have been diving with the Shark Shield about 7 months in an attempt to personally determine its effectiveness. I can say, without a doubt, “THE OCEAN GUARDIAN WORKS!” I don’t know if it is 100%...

We were on our way to Wakaya in Fiji, where there are countless sharks, including a resident hammerhead that everyone claims is 18 feet by direct measurement, tigers, bronze whalers, and reef sharks that were among the largest I have ever seen.

When my friend started opening his mouth about all the giant sharks in the waters before the trip my wife insisted I bring my old, and never used, Shark POD* for my son. As far as MY safety was concerned she was OK with me swimming around with a pork chop tied to my leg. I decided to buy...

June 2018: I first started wearing the Ocean Guardian FREEDOM7 around 2013 and have had the same unit for the last 5 years. I mainly spearfish on Florida’s West Coast but have travelled all over the Gulf of Mexico and through the Bahamas with my FREEDOM7. I was skeptical at first, but started noticing significantly fewer close interactions with sharks, even with a lot of dead fish and blood in the water. Even in bait schools where there are a lot of actively feeding sharks, the sharks never came inside the effective range of the FREEDOM7. I dive close to...

Nearly two weeks ago, I was abalone diving off of the California coast in an area known for Great Whites and attacks. I have had several encounters with GWs in the past so I purchased a Shark Shield and mounted it inside my dive tube with the tail going through a hole in the bottom of the tube.

In the middle of our trip a large white, about 18′ came straight at me, it was viewed by the people in the boat, not me. They warned me about the shark, I thought it was farther away from me than it was...

I own a Shark Shield & it has prevented at least one attack on me by a great white shark.

I dive for abalone and spear fish for halibut in an area that is infested with great white sharks. The Marine surveyors have most of them tagged and say there are 3 to 5 in the immediate area where I dive at any given time. While diving for abalone I had a great white shark come straight in on me, he was 7 feet away from me when he made a hard left turn when he entered the protected area. I...