Swimming with Sharks

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My friends and I are planning to dive in Malapascua Island, Philippines to see some beautiful Thresher Sharks.

Have any of you swam with sharks during your dives? Or maybe some of you have been to Malapascua Island already? Please do share your experiences in this thread!

 

[David Novo]

I have dived with more than 10 different species including tigers.
Never felt threatened but always took some basic precautions (such as always having the shark in front of my eyes).

 

[dcvf2]

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Tiger Shark bite a chinese woman in Maldives

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Diver’s head almost eaten by hungry shark

A hungry shark came a little too close to a diver during a deep sea swim in the Maldives. During the heart-pounding video, the shark sneaks up behind the diver and grabs him by the head shaking the…

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For me in free diving ; nurse shark, leopard ( or zebra ) shark, lemon shark, black +white tips lagoon shark and the whale shark … and a sword fish

From the Philippines
Lolong
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[Webmaster]

I have dived with more than 10 different species including tigers.
Never felt threatened but always took some basic precautions (such as always having the shark in front of my eyes).

Awesome, thanks for sharing!

 

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Tiger Shark bite a chinese woman in Maldives

2 short videos

Diver’s head almost eaten by hungry shark

A hungry shark came a little too close to a diver during a deep sea swim in the Maldives. During the heart-pounding video, the shark sneaks up behind the diver and grabs him by the head shaking the…

nypost.com

Lots of comments
https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTop...g_Tiger_Shark_bite_in_Hulhumale-Maldives.html


For me in free diving ; nurse shark, leopard ( or zebra ) shark, lemon shark, black +white tips lagoon shark and the whale shark … and a sword fish

From the Philippines
Lolong
Lolong - Wikipedia

Youch...that's gotta be a rare instance tho, right?

 

[Blackcrusader]

Youch...that's gotta be a rare instance tho, right?

No It's not rare. Well known for it at that place. I am diving with Tigers and White and Black Tips evreyday in Maldives atm.

About to dive at Tiger Zoo in 30 mins. It's fun there too.

 

[justspacelover_]

Youch...that's gotta be a rare instance tho, right?

I agree it's a rare instances.

 

[Germie]

I am just back from Moalboal and Malapascua. Have dived with sharks, no swimming.
It was really great.
We have done:
-Whaleshark diving in Oslob. You can also go snorkling, but with diving you have no hurries and get time enough
-Diving to see the treshersharks on Malapascua
-They went after the treshers to a very boring sandy divesite where you had a chance to see tigers, but in reality there are almost never tigers.
-We saw whitetips on Gato Island
-And we saw blacktips while snorkling from the beach.
-Further we have seen mating nudies, mating mandarin fish and a lot of small stuff

But you have to be a diver to see the treshers. Also you need to be a diver to see the mandarin fish.
For the whalesharks in Oslob or the blacktips you can just go snorkling (Oslob is nice, they really take care of the whalesharks, but for snorkling it is very very very busy and you are time limited to only 30 minutes).

 

[Germie]

These are the blacktips from the beach, not a really good picture, you see them snorkling, but it is impossible to get good pictures then. The sharks swim away and swim all around. But there were quite a lot then.

 

[MikeOWaterloo]

-Whaleshark diving in Oslob. You can also go snorkling, but with diving you have no hurries and get time enough

For the whalesharks in Oslob or the blacktips you can just go snorkling (Oslob is nice, they really take care of the whalesharks, but for snorkling it is very very very busy and you are time limited to only 30 minutes).

Which dive company did you use in Oslob? Did you go straight in or did you have to queue with the snorkelers for your "turn". I would imagine that they drop the divers while the snorkelers wait for their turn ...

The reason I ask is that some sites say

"As much as possible, we do not recommend booking this tour during super peak seasons due to the long queues for whale shark watching that take 2-3 hours of waiting time unless you have a lot of patience. The following seasons are Chinese New Year, Holy Week, All Souls Day, All Saints Day, and Christmas Week to New Year."

Wondering if this applies to diving as well ...