dashark
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ScubaJW:
you are absolutely correct, sir. I was only making a point. thinking you are going to avoid sharks when scuba diving isn't very realistic. Emrace the idea and enjoy them....
Diving with Bull Sharks - Playa Del Carmen
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you are absolutely correct, sir. I was only making a point. thinking you are going to avoid sharks when scuba diving isn't very realistic. Emrace the idea and enjoy them....
dashark
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jd950
no worries, man. I understand your point. I too don't relish the idea of diving with the big boys. I frequently go to spots rumored to be visited by "whitey".
worrying about it too musch wouldn't be healthy...
no worries, man. I understand your point. I too don't relish the idea of diving with the big boys. I frequently go to spots rumored to be visited by "whitey".
worrying about it too musch wouldn't be healthy...
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Diveral
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VTECgsr12:
In my experience yes. Sharks used to scare the bejesus out of me. Over the years I've become accustomed to them and actually look forward to seeing them. Also a lot of it is becoming more familiar with sharks. I started diving shortly after Jaws came out and that really influenced my original view of sharks. Although big bulls still make me nervous and I've never seen a GDGW while diving and don't really want to. There's a cool Tiger shark dive in the Bahamas that you may want to look into.
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reeldive- where were those pics taken?
reeldive
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Conception Island Bahamas. He stayed out about 30 ft and I had to enlarge the photo considerable. any of the experts out there care to indentify it? the picture really isn't that good. I was thinking a bahamas reef shark.SBP Studios:
There is a story that goes with it. Shortly after that pic, my dive buddy and self apointed dive master grabed my camera . I thought she wanted to take my pic but she was brandishing it like a club, and, post dive, she admitted that that was what she intended. I had a few words with her about that! the poor shark was only 5ft or so but quickly grew to 11-12 when she discribed the incident to the other divers on board.. SHe doesn't Crew on that boat anymore
I've got a few more Shark pic's in my shark and ray album that I'll get around to posting on SB. Maybe after next months Cay Sal Banks trip I'll have a few more to add
I don't consider myself to be a photographer - Just a diver that takes pictures.
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reel- seems like a reef, we had about 25 of those on our last dive in the Bahamas. it was not supposed to be a shark dive but turned into one!
I have a healthy respect for sharks but never feared them much BUT, twice this month I have had to use my spear gun to keep a shark at bay. First time was understandable since I had a fish that was bleeding while I was trying to get the spear out when a 6 or 7 foot Nurse shark kept coming at me until I poked him in the head with the spear. he circled around me and came by again a little too close and I touched him in the side to keep some distance.
The second instance was just yesterday and when I was free diving and had not shot anything, but I was using a gas powered scooter to drag me around in my search. It was only about 3 and a half feet long. He swam from behind and underneath me about 4 foot away. I was keeping an eye on him when he started coming right at me and just a little faster than their normal cruise speed which made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. when he got close enough I instinctively put the spear gun between us and poked him 4 or 5 times before he changed course. I began to wonder if the noise from the scooter might have attracted or made him mad, so I turned it off and swam back to my boat and he came back and got too close for comfort but I can't remember if I actually touched him again or not. I was really spooked while I was trying to climb back on to my dingy and I took a while get my one leg out of the water. I should mention that I was diving in the middle to lower Florida Keys in 25 and 10 foot water.
Has anyone else had a similar encounter
The second instance was just yesterday and when I was free diving and had not shot anything, but I was using a gas powered scooter to drag me around in my search. It was only about 3 and a half feet long. He swam from behind and underneath me about 4 foot away. I was keeping an eye on him when he started coming right at me and just a little faster than their normal cruise speed which made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. when he got close enough I instinctively put the spear gun between us and poked him 4 or 5 times before he changed course. I began to wonder if the noise from the scooter might have attracted or made him mad, so I turned it off and swam back to my boat and he came back and got too close for comfort but I can't remember if I actually touched him again or not. I was really spooked while I was trying to climb back on to my dingy and I took a while get my one leg out of the water. I should mention that I was diving in the middle to lower Florida Keys in 25 and 10 foot water.
Has anyone else had a similar encounter
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I was one of the divers on this dive
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=139959&highlight=running+with+the+bulls
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=139959&highlight=running+with+the+bulls
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