Michael Rutzen's guest appearances

Michael Rutzen

The Travel Points Podcast

Ric Gazarian

Stefan Krasowski

Andre Hartman

Mark Urbanek

OwlTail

Michael Rutzen has spent more time free diving with great white sharks without a cage than any other person.  He's a South African conservationist, film maker, cage diving operator and is one of the few people in the world that can understand and respond to white shark behaviour and body language.Rutzen started his career as a fisherman before joining the shark diving industry in 1994 establishing the pioneering techniques that are now the backbone of the industry. In 2000 he  Driven to better understand white shark’s behaviour he found that observing them from a vessel was limiting so in 1998, he began free diving with white sharks in 1998 and founded his cage diving business, Shark Diving Unlimited, in 2000.He has hosted a number of high profile guests on shark observation and diving trips including Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Halle Berry, and many more.  His work has been featured on Discovery Channel, 60 Minutes, BBC, IMAX and other major medias.  He may be the worlds leading expert on Great White Shark behavior.  I sat down with him to chat at his workshop in Gansbaai, South Africa.

Michael Rutzen has spent more time free diving with great white sharks without a cage than any other person.  He's a South African conservationist, film maker, cage diving operator and is one of the few people in the world that can understand and respond to white shark behaviour and body language.<br><br>Rutzen started his career as a fisherman before joining the shark diving industry in 1994 establishing the pioneering techniques that are now the backbone of the industry. In 2000 he  Driven to better understand white shark’s behaviour he found that observing them from a vessel was limiting so in 1998, he began free diving with white sharks in 1998 and founded his cage diving business, Shark Diving Unlimited, in 2000.<br><br>He has hosted a number of high profile guests on shark observation and diving trips including Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Halle Berry, and many more.  His work has been featured on Discovery Channel, 60 Minutes, BBC, IMAX and other major medias.  He may be the worlds leading expert on Great White Shark behavior.  I sat down with him to chat at his workshop in Gansbaai, South Africa.