Parting Shot

Albert Kok · Issue 149, Mar/Apr 2026 · pp. 76–77

Products mentioned: Nikon D7100, Ikelite housing, Tokina 10-17mm, DS 125 strobes

Parting Shot by Albert Kok Do you have a shot which has a story within a story? If so e mail it with up to 750 words of text and yours could be the next Parting Shot. Images can be any size bigger than 20cm (horizontal or vertical) @ 150dpi saved as jpeg format and about 500 - 750 words would be fine.) peter@uwpmag.com Some 20 years ago, encounters with a Great Hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran; GH) in temperate tropical waters were very rare, in contrast to its smaller relative, the scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini). The best place and opportunity to meet the GH was at Tiger Beach in the Bahamas, where they occasionally mingled with regular lemon sharks, Caribbean reef sharks, and tiger sharks. When a GH showed up, a crew member on the boat started yelling ‘hammer, hammer,’ a signal to rush into the water to meet the fabulous creature. Some were lucky, others not. Some years later, the s…