lol... then they were not being fully truthful as someone was bitten on one of these dives last July - demonstrating that this is actually a potentially dangerous dive.
The fact that they need guides with metal shepherds poles to ward off sharks shows that the situation that they create is dangerous and not foolproof - the “guards” are providing a false sense of security if you think they can really keep you safe on this dive.
I’ll stick to seeing sharks in their natural environment by chance vs artificial and potentially dangerous baiting as is done at Beqa Lagoon and other spots like this.
Okay, I stand corrected on that point. I was unaware of that attack and as you say, they were obviously being less than truthful about it.
And if you'll notice, I never said it was not dangerous, just that we never felt in danger. I suppose the awe and thrill of seeing such huge animals, especially the tigers, overrode whatever sense of danger there may have been
during the shark feeding and we were lured into a false sense of security. I will say, though, that I did have a little bit of trepidation after it was over while going back to the boat that one of those huge tiger or bull sharks could still be lurking around and still be hungry. I did keep a watchful eye out but thankfully did not see one.
Am I glad I did the shark dive? Yes. It was thrilling and impressive. Would I do it again? Probably not. Before I did it in Beqa Lagoon, I, too, thought it was not a good idea to be attracting and feeding sharks for pure entertainment. But after listening to others at the resort rave about it, I decided to do it as my wife did later. But now that I've done it, I see no point in doing it again. I do prefer reef and wreck diving.
And as an aside, I will relate this which was directly related to the shark dive. They do those dives on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. On Wednesday, I had already made up my mind to do it but my wife had not, so I did not go that day. As it turned out, eveyone else at the resort went on the shark dive so my wife and I were the only ones on the reef boat. We asked if we could do a wreck dive and they accommodated us. So it was just the 2 of us along with the DM. We dove a Japanese trawler that sat in 100 fsw and was next to a huge coral head. Best day of diving we had all week.