Bull sharks at Chumphon Pinnacle

[andshand]

sorry mislav i ignored your post. how were they? did they come in close or interact?

 

[mislav]

XI: Thou shall not ignore Mislav's posts!

They did come pretty close, about 4-6 meters away from us. It was early in the morning, about 8:15 local time and they were acting kinda curious about who we were and what we were doing down there. I think they were more interested in tunas that were in the area although I haven't seen them chasing them.

And to me they looked more like greytips than young bull sharks, but then again - the viz was really, really bad and I'm no expert on sharks.

 

[Manuel Sam]

The Shark Dive in Beqa Lagoon off of Pacific Harbour in Fiji is another place to see bulls and 5-6 other types of sharks, including, on occasions, tigers.

 

[jamiemac]

we've got a couple of instructors from Hawaii visiting for a wreck expedition. They saw a variety of sharks yesterday afternoon, some of which were bulls , they said, some greys.

when we drift deco away from the rock we sometimes see a third species. they have a long top tail lobe ( not as long as a thresher's), travel in groups of 5-6, about 2m long. our captain thinks silkys.

the buggers do all the deco with us and only leave when the boat arrives

Jamie MV Trident Tech Thailand

 

[Tiptopperoo]

But no aggressive behaviour has been noted has it? I am keen to dive there later this year and would love to see some Bulls!

 

[VooDooGasMan]

In PDC in mexico the fisherman drop off the remains from the day before at the shelf, the boat captains and divemasters do a dive before work. Be freindly and prove your Expeirence and they will take you out, day break with bullsharks is awesome,a little spendy of course.

 

[Ringo]

Any updates? Are they still there?

 

[jamiemac]

yep they is

 

[h90]

Very interesting news...I wonder where they go when they "grow-up." Do they stay in deeper water in the gulf or head out to the open waters outside the gulf?

Hopefully not in a shark fins soup....In Chinatown there are tons of shark fins....

 

[limbo]

Shark fins in Pattaya