Big sharks

[mogwai]

Just been diving in our huge local aquarium. Has got several Sand Tigers in it, they have got too be the coolest things ever (when there not chewing on my ass) Anyone from foriegn climes get to dive with sharks regularly?

 

[Crayon]

When I was living in Hong Kong I regularly got to dive with Tiger Sharks. Now there is a sphincter twitching creature. So huge and powerful.
Now I am in Egypt where the small White Tips are common. Still awesome, but not as daunting as the Tiger.

 

[mogwai]

When I was living in Hong Kong I regularly got to dive with Tiger Sharks. Now there is a sphincter twitching creature. So huge and powerful.
Now I am in Egypt where the small White Tips are common. Still awesome, but not as daunting as the Tiger.

Cool am heading for Egypt in March. One of the things i would really like to see is sharks in the wild so to speak. But with all the shark finning i read about going on, seems like the chances are getting slimmer and slimmer.

 

[sbloomer]

Just been diving in our huge local aquarium. Has got several Sand Tigers in it, they have got too be the coolest things ever (when there not chewing on my ass) Anyone from foriegn climes get to dive with sharks regularly?

Have done a couple of white shark dives (in "Shark Alley") off the south coast of South Africa. Way cool, but it is in a shark cage. I've also been chased back into the boat when spearfishing near a seal breeding colony in False Bay which is reputed to have the largest population of great whites in the world.

 

[mogwai]

Have done a couple of white shark dives (in "Shark Alley") off the south coast of South Africa. Way cool, but it is in a shark cage. I've also been chased back into the boat when spearfishing near a seal breeding colony in False Bay which is reputed to have the largest population of great whites in the world.

Spearfishing near Great Whites !!!! Oo me god, not me, give us some details of the 'chase'

 

[jeadiver]

wrecks are often full of Sand Tigers (seen everything from 4' to about 12' in length). Never had a real problem with them, excpet for the one time one of them got irritated with the constant flash of my camera. He then did a "gape" at me which was sufficient enough to send me elsewhere on the wreck. I also avoid spearing when they are hanging around, they tend to win the contest for my prize kills.

The attached jpeg is what I got on film.

 

[TKOS]

Nice pic. Can't say I see many of those guys up here in Nova Scotia.

 

[mogwai]

Jeez that is one scary picture you took there. Here's a far less scarier picture from the tunnel in the aquarium.

 

[mogwai]

Think i got it this time, was too big before.

 

[roakey]

I dive at the aquarium in Denver, Colorado in an exhibit with about a dozen sharks: two Sand Tigers (which we refer to as "Gray Nurses" since the area of the world that the exhibit represents is the Indio-pacific, and that's what they're called there), two Sand Bars, four Zebras (my favorite shark) and about six Nurse sharks.

Oh, and one very large sawfish, which isn't really a shark but it's close

I like your shot of the overbite, that's my favorite view of the Sand Tigers!

Roak