Amazz
Contributor
I have been diving with Randy for years. Never have I seen up close lemon shark action like this before. More than that, my two dives today with Lemon Sharks convinced me that sharks are brilliant, which is a step above intelligent. These dives aren't for everybody. Some may disagree with adding chum to the situation. If you feel that way, fine. Please start a new thread and don't debate it here. The site is outside of state waters. We all have choices and I made mine to dive with Randy today. It was AWESOME!
Dive one was Hole in the Wall area. We had around 8 bull sharks during the dive and they stayed with us during our safety stop. Weird was they were above and below us. The captain said the fins were breaking the surface. No chum in the water. The bulls were just doing their thing. It was a little unnerving.
Dives two and three: Lemon Sharks! The site is around 80 ft. The lemon sharks are frisky and friendly. They stayed with us for 45 minutes. The most aggressive were the two nurse sharks. What I noticed was that the lemons treated us like mere obstacles in the ocean. They cruised by within arm's reach without taking any interest. They investigate with their noses. Several times a lemon would come right up to my light grey strobes and sniff without taking a bite. I had several touches to my fins, and once to my head. I observed a lemon swim up behind another diver's legs and turn away after lightly touching with the nose. They followed us to the safety stop and eventually to the surface. We spent 50 minutes with over a dozen sharks.
The dive was fairly well controlled. Do not wear anything white. We were briefed to stay south of Randy and the buffet line. We entered as a group and stayed as a group. When Randy ascends, we all ascend. I never felt threatened around these sharks. I can't say the same about the bulls on the earlier dive. But that was complete nature, no dead fish in the water. The resident Goliath Grouper on the lemon site was completely charming and worth the dive even if there were no sharks. Lemon sharks will be around until the end of Feb.
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Dive one was Hole in the Wall area. We had around 8 bull sharks during the dive and they stayed with us during our safety stop. Weird was they were above and below us. The captain said the fins were breaking the surface. No chum in the water. The bulls were just doing their thing. It was a little unnerving.
Dives two and three: Lemon Sharks! The site is around 80 ft. The lemon sharks are frisky and friendly. They stayed with us for 45 minutes. The most aggressive were the two nurse sharks. What I noticed was that the lemons treated us like mere obstacles in the ocean. They cruised by within arm's reach without taking any interest. They investigate with their noses. Several times a lemon would come right up to my light grey strobes and sniff without taking a bite. I had several touches to my fins, and once to my head. I observed a lemon swim up behind another diver's legs and turn away after lightly touching with the nose. They followed us to the safety stop and eventually to the surface. We spent 50 minutes with over a dozen sharks.
The dive was fairly well controlled. Do not wear anything white. We were briefed to stay south of Randy and the buffet line. We entered as a group and stayed as a group. When Randy ascends, we all ascend. I never felt threatened around these sharks. I can't say the same about the bulls on the earlier dive. But that was complete nature, no dead fish in the water. The resident Goliath Grouper on the lemon site was completely charming and worth the dive even if there were no sharks. Lemon sharks will be around until the end of Feb.
![lemon6528web.jpg lemon6528web.jpg](https://scubaboard.com/community/data/attachments/116/116612-367962c8a868262fed4f9730e19894a0.jpg)