Shark Shield Freedom 7

If you're spearfishing surfing, swimming, diving or snorkelling, enjoy the ocean with your personal Shark Exclusion Zone when wearing a Shark ShieldTM.

The Shark Shield is a compact, versatile and lightweight personal unit designed for freedivers, snorkelers, swimmers, surfers and scuba divers

The Shark Shield Freedom 7 has seven hours of battery life, which is ideal for snorkelers and swimmers. The unit is fitted to the lower leg with the supplied neoprene pouch. Attached to the pouch is an antenna which trails unobtrusively behind the user. Barely noticeable in the water, the Freedom 7 can be worn with or without a wetsuit, and is simple and easy to use and maintain.

If purchasing the unit for surfing, a leg rope must also be purchased. This leg rope attaches to the antenna and surfboard. The antenna actually becomes part of the leg rope.

The Freedom will suit spearfishers who want peace of mind for those times and places where sharks are known to be a potential threat.

The Shark Shield incorporates two electrodes, which project the field from the unit and thus create an invisible protective shield that surrounds the user. Both electrodes must be immersed in the water in order to give protection to the wearer.

The Shark Shield encases both electrodes in a flexible tubular antenna, which trails out from the diver's ankle.

he Shark Shield The Freedom 7 comes complete with:

* 7 hour rechargeable Nickel Metal Hydride battery pack
* 100-240V battery charger
* 12V adaptor for battery charger
* Neoprene pouch
* Product Instruction Booklet.

The field generated by the Shark Shield is detected by the shark through its sensory receptors known as the Ampullae of Lorenzini, situated on the snout of all predator sharks. The initial discomfort increases if the sharks approach the transmitter until it becomes intolerable. The sharks then veer away and leave the immediate area.

The Shark Shield uses technology invented by the Natal Sharks Board of South Africa. This technology has been used for the last 7 years by commercial and recreational divers around the world.