The Chairman
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I certainly have. WPB has plenty of them, and they are pretty unwelcome when I spear. I've also seen while just cruising the reefs having fun. I've also seen a number of silkies, but not in Florida. I'm not sure I've ever seen a dusky. I've also encountered reefies, spinners, hammerheads, lemons, whales and one Great White in Florida. I've been on shark feeding dives in the Caribbean and in Fiji, and I don't think these opportunistic ambush predators associate all divers with food. UM did a very limited study that showed that feeding doesn't seem to affect them in that way. However, if you want to see sharks and lots of them without feeding them, go to the Socorros. You won't be disappointed.I have never encountered a bull, silky or dusky while diving.
For the record, I really don't enjoy shark feeding dives. The sharks just don't seem natural.