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Sorry if I seem in a hurry. To be honest, I am.
I am currently on a holiday in New Zealand and wasn't planning to dive here. I did my open water course in Koh Tao last year and I only have 5 dives to my name.
It is a long time ago and I can't set up my own equipment without help at this point. I am inexperienced, but I think I am still skilled enough to dive. A quick course to refresh would make things okay
Now, I came to realize that I am close to the Fiji islands, and this is my only chance (lifetime) to visit them and dive there.
There are regular diving sites, but there is also a shark dive site (no cage) that allows you to have an encounter with huge bullsharks and tiger sharks while being in the presence of very experienced guides. All I'd have to do is go down, stay down, watch the sharks and go back up when they tell me to.
This has to be a unique experience, also for videos. You can take a look at the site here and see what I am talking about
http://fijisharkdive.com/shark-media/video-gallery/youtubegallery?videoid=5710620
I can already feel the adrenalin of being with animals 3 times my size.
But..
They recommend doing this with advanced divers who have at least 30 dives to their name.
I only have 5, from a while ago and I am an open water diver, not advanced. On koh tao they said I could go to 18m but not to 30.
And afaik, the shark dives operate below 18m.
Does this mean I have to miss out on this unique opportunity?
Getting my advanced license would be cheap on Koh Tao but extremely pricey on Fiji
Also, I recall a situation on Koh Tao where I lost my counter weights (I need 8 to stay down because my lungs are enormous, and there was a hole in my pocket) and I recall shooting to the surface.
If that would happen on this shark dive with bull sharks and tiger sharks around me when I was supposed to stay down, I am literally dead meat and the sharks would be likely to attack me.
What is your opinion about all of this?
I am booking my ticket to Fiji today, and I need to make up my mind about this asap
I am currently on a holiday in New Zealand and wasn't planning to dive here. I did my open water course in Koh Tao last year and I only have 5 dives to my name.
It is a long time ago and I can't set up my own equipment without help at this point. I am inexperienced, but I think I am still skilled enough to dive. A quick course to refresh would make things okay
Now, I came to realize that I am close to the Fiji islands, and this is my only chance (lifetime) to visit them and dive there.
There are regular diving sites, but there is also a shark dive site (no cage) that allows you to have an encounter with huge bullsharks and tiger sharks while being in the presence of very experienced guides. All I'd have to do is go down, stay down, watch the sharks and go back up when they tell me to.
This has to be a unique experience, also for videos. You can take a look at the site here and see what I am talking about
http://fijisharkdive.com/shark-media/video-gallery/youtubegallery?videoid=5710620
I can already feel the adrenalin of being with animals 3 times my size.
But..
They recommend doing this with advanced divers who have at least 30 dives to their name.
I only have 5, from a while ago and I am an open water diver, not advanced. On koh tao they said I could go to 18m but not to 30.
And afaik, the shark dives operate below 18m.
Does this mean I have to miss out on this unique opportunity?
Getting my advanced license would be cheap on Koh Tao but extremely pricey on Fiji
Also, I recall a situation on Koh Tao where I lost my counter weights (I need 8 to stay down because my lungs are enormous, and there was a hole in my pocket) and I recall shooting to the surface.
If that would happen on this shark dive with bull sharks and tiger sharks around me when I was supposed to stay down, I am literally dead meat and the sharks would be likely to attack me.
What is your opinion about all of this?
I am booking my ticket to Fiji today, and I need to make up my mind about this asap