In my years of spearfishing, I’ve never encountered more sharks than now. But I know where I stand in the underwater pecking order | Clarke Gayford

Underwater is one of the only places I can switch my brain off.

A shark encounter comes with the territory – and we all have to adapt to this new normal

The first time I came face to face with a great white shark I felt something shift inside me.

One look into those eyes darker than a planet-sucking black hole really does humble you.

But it wasn’t the eyes.