Shark species?

snowstreams

Hi I was in Achill island on the 17th of April & I saw these guys swimming around in Keem bay.
There were lots of birds around feeding in the area of the bay too. So i thought that these sharks were feeding off the same food source.
Most of the shots looked like basking sharks because of their rounded dorsal fin and their huge size.
But after an hour or so, one of the sharks jumped out of the water and made a huge splash. It ended up jumping 3 times. My friend managed to get a few shots of it, but mostly only got the splashes. It seemed about 9-10 feet long as a guess. The jumping sharks fin seemed different to the basking sharks fin too.
Everyone swimming in the bay cleared the water when they saw this guy jumping so close to shore!



Basking shark most likely


Basking shark most likely


Basking shark most likely


Not sure for this one


After the first jump


Got a picture on the 3rd jump


Here it is zoomed in. I was thinking blue shark because of its size and there seems to be an obvious extra fin on its back which blue sharks have but so do mackerel sharks like porbeagle sharks and mako sharks?


There was a seal hiding in the shallow water too afterwards. It seemed to want to avoid the shark too.
I was wondering could it have just been a basking shark jumping? or was it more likely to have been something like a blue shark or mako shark? or even a great white? :eek:

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snowstreams

weisses wrote: »

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Sorry, wrong forum. How can i move it?
I'll just repost it anyway.