Underwater Shark Photos

Two tiger sharks

An enormous great white shark, Guadalupe Island, Mexico, Carcharodon carcharias.

Great hammerhead shark

A great white shark swims through the clear waters of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Baja California. Guadalupe Island is host to a concentration of large great white sharks, which visit the island to feed on pinnipeds and tuna. Carcharodon carcharias, Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Mexico.

A whale shark swims through the open ocean in the Galapagos Islands. The whale shark is the largest shark on Earth, but is harmless eating plankton and small fish. Rhincodon typus, Darwin Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.

A great white shark swims through the clear waters of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Mexico's Baja California. Guadalupe Island is host to a concentration of large great white sharks, which visit the island to feed on pinnipeds and use it as a staging area before journeying farther into the Pacific ocean.

Scalloped hammerhead shark swims over a reef in the Galapagos Islands. The hammerheads eyes and other sensor organs are placed far apart on its wide head to give the shark greater ability to sense the location of prey.

Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis) at Wolf Island in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Tiger shark and horse-eye jacks

Tiger shark and underwater photographer

Caribbean reef shark, ampullae of Lorenzini visible on snout.

A blue shark swims through the open ocean in search of prey, backlit by the sunset. Prionace glauca.

A great white shark swims underwater through the ocean at Guadalupe Island.

Blue shark underneath drift kelp, open ocean, Prionace glauca

Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier, Bahamas.

Caribbean reef shark swims over sponges and coral reef

Caribbean reef shark

Great hammerhead shark

Hammerhead sharks swim in a school underwater at Wolf Island in the Galapagos archipelago. The hammerheads eyes and other sensor organs are placed far apart on its wide head to give the shark greater ability to sense the location of prey.

Hammerhead sharks, schooling, black and white / grainy.

Tiger shark close up view, including nostrils and ampullae of Lorenzini

Two satellite tags, below dorsal fin of great white shark. The tags record the sharks movements, relaying data to researchers via satellite.

Caribbean reef shark

North Pacific Yellowtail brushing against blue shark, Seriola lalandi, Prionace glauca

A great white shark swims just below the rippled ocean surface of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Baja California.

Lemon shark

Great hammerhead shark

Tiger shark and underwater cameraman Jonathan Bird filming for television documentary.

Silky Shark at San Benedicto Islands, Revillagigedos, Mexico

Blue shark showing ampullae of Lorenzini, eye and small portion of nictitating membrane, Prionace glauca

Lemon shark

Tiger shark swimming over coral reef

Lemon shark

Blue shark, dorsal aspect, Baja California. Prionace glauca.

Dorsal fin of a great white shark breaks the surface as the shark swims just below.

Great white shark, dorsal fin extended out of the water as it swims near the surface.

Caribbean reef shark

Scalloped hammerhead shark swims underwater at Cocos Island. The hammerheads eyes and other sensor organs are placed far apart on its wide head to give the shark greater ability to sense the location of prey.