I've been doing a few dives in West Oahu for the convenience when I visit relatives.
Now, I know there's tiger sharks who live around there and have been spotted in Makaha, etc. They're are "aggressive" and have attacked surfers... but I'm guessing not because of "aggressiveness" but because they mistake the board silhouette and appendages as an animal like a seal. I know humans are not their natural food source. I know chances of dying in a car crash is much much higher than getting killed by a shark.
So there seems to be two camps of divers: those who are just simply afraid and want to avoid them, even though the risk is minimal (kinda like just plain avoiding bungy jumping or skydiving); and those who don't think they present a significant enough of a threat to warrant no going scuba diving.
In fact, those dive charters go every day of the week and haven't been attacked.
So what are the reports of tiger sharks attacking SCUBA divers? And is it different in Hawaii, where maybe the sealife is more accustom to seeing divers?
Now, I know there's tiger sharks who live around there and have been spotted in Makaha, etc. They're are "aggressive" and have attacked surfers... but I'm guessing not because of "aggressiveness" but because they mistake the board silhouette and appendages as an animal like a seal. I know humans are not their natural food source. I know chances of dying in a car crash is much much higher than getting killed by a shark.
So there seems to be two camps of divers: those who are just simply afraid and want to avoid them, even though the risk is minimal (kinda like just plain avoiding bungy jumping or skydiving); and those who don't think they present a significant enough of a threat to warrant no going scuba diving.
In fact, those dive charters go every day of the week and haven't been attacked.
So what are the reports of tiger sharks attacking SCUBA divers? And is it different in Hawaii, where maybe the sealife is more accustom to seeing divers?