About 20 years ago, a friend wanted me to help him collect abalone off the coast of the Farallon Islands. I was relatively new to advanced diving at the time. I also didn’t know what the dangers were in regards to abalone fishing.
Well, he put me in a chainmail shark suit because there were many white sharks around, big ones. The suit really wouldn’t stop a GW, I would have been crushed rather than sliced
The suit weighed about 20lbs, it was heavy and cumbersome with limited swimming abilities. That was the one and only time I will ever wear one. Oh, I didn’t see one shark that day!