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Should You Go Shark Diving?
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jenaddyman23
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i love sharks!! ive just been in fiji for three months doing a marine consetvation progrmme. if we were give a profile for the dive, i was garunteed to break depth if we saw a shark as i was always tring to get as close as possiblle without scaring it away!
i also did a big shark dive there called the beqa shark dive in pacific harbour. i was basically in the middle of a feeding ground with bulls, a tiger, lemons, grey reefs, back and whitetips and nurses. it was AWSOME!!!! the tiger that rocked up swam right over our heads, it was that close i could have touched it! the fijians were hand feeding the sharks, was such an amazing experience!
id love to cage dive with great whites! that would be a dream come true!!
i also did a big shark dive there called the beqa shark dive in pacific harbour. i was basically in the middle of a feeding ground with bulls, a tiger, lemons, grey reefs, back and whitetips and nurses. it was AWSOME!!!! the tiger that rocked up swam right over our heads, it was that close i could have touched it! the fijians were hand feeding the sharks, was such an amazing experience!
id love to cage dive with great whites! that would be a dream come true!!
WOW! That sounds amazing. I haven't dived with tiger or lemons yet, but am hoping to very soon. Haven't been to Fiji yet either, but heard it's amazing! It must have been amazing to spend 3 months there! I agree with you about diving with the great whites, that would be the ultimate!
george w
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some of the most exciting diving was with sharks
jenaddyman23
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I second that!
trogloxene
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Bring your wife with you. I went to Isla Guadalupe last year to do 3 days of cage diving with the great white sharks. Awesome trip! Unfortunately, my wife was not interested in going with me. She would have had a great time!
Now the only shark diving I do is when I read the pages of "Shark Diver Magazine"
Sean
paddler3d
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Should we go diving with Sharks? Absolutely.
Should we do Shark feeds? That may be a better question.
I've always maintained that I've had a healthy fear of sharks, to the point where I don't even like to swim in fresh water rivers (bull sharks). Oddly if I have a mask on, I'm okay. Fear of the unknown or the illusion of control.
A few years ago the wife and I were doing a live aboard in the Bahamas. They offered a shark feed.
It was amazing!
Now I'm the first in water to get down to the wreck to see the sharks before other divers scare them off!
Should we be doing shark feeds? I'm still on the fence about this one.
Should we do Shark feeds? That may be a better question.
I've always maintained that I've had a healthy fear of sharks, to the point where I don't even like to swim in fresh water rivers (bull sharks). Oddly if I have a mask on, I'm okay. Fear of the unknown or the illusion of control.
A few years ago the wife and I were doing a live aboard in the Bahamas. They offered a shark feed.
It was amazing!
Now I'm the first in water to get down to the wreck to see the sharks before other divers scare them off!
Should we be doing shark feeds? I'm still on the fence about this one.
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docmartin
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while i have done a lot of diving with sharks and find it fascinating i do not see why a cage dive would be that exciting. i tried once in south africa but we got skunked. however, even if we had seen a great white it's hard for to me to imagine that it would beat a cageless dive with tigers. to me cage diving is a little bit like seeing a shark in an aquarium (although aquariums are a lot more comfortable). you are stationary and separated by a barrier. it just isn't the same as diving with a shark. don't get me wrong, I do want to see a great white eventually and i guess only a cage can reliably get me there. however, the dream for me would be to see one on a normal dive. when they are not being fed or baited they seem pretty relaxed and a slong as you see them you should be okay. the one that gets you is the one you don't see...
Gen San Chris
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