Jeremy Stafford-Deitsch used to run shark weeks at Walkers Cay with chumsicle dives in the morning and the afternoons spent snorkeling with the Bulls. We were told to bring all black snorkeling kit and there were lots of felt pens by the platform for blacking out logos etc. When you first enter the water the alpha female comes over and checks you out. After that they pretty much swim around and ignore you, though occasionally one will rub against you in an almost friendly way. Jeremy lined us up with our backs to the shore and heads underwater, he then threw bits of fish over our heads into the water. This produced a spectacular feeding display. Then we were left to snorkel with the sharks again. I experimented. There were flatfish on the bottom so I timed a duck dive to flick one up directly in front of a Bull. It ignored the fish. So I waited till a shark was heading straight for me and duck dived to swim at it head on. It veered off about half a metre away. Every time I have swum directly at a shark they have backed down.
For the week I took my normal mask and a black low profile frameless Oceanic mask for the snorkeling. Jeremy admired this saying it was ideal for photography so I gave it to him at the end of the week.
More here: http://www.divernet.com/travel/bull0400.htm
For the week I took my normal mask and a black low profile frameless Oceanic mask for the snorkeling. Jeremy admired this saying it was ideal for photography so I gave it to him at the end of the week.
More here: http://www.divernet.com/travel/bull0400.htm
