Cape Cod... too dangerous or okay?

[AfterDark]

Always interesting to test your theories.... I am sure there have been Whites near shore where I dive in RI. The bubbles and the big metal tank reacting with seawater is probably plenty to convince a shark we are of no interest to them long before they get in visual range. I have only seen a single brief glimpse of a dog fish on a night dive in RI. I know they are there, but they have no interest in us.... If I do see one, I will probably head for shore along the bottom at the quickest rate possible.

The free diving spear fishermen are probably at a much higher risk than noisy scuba divers....

On the other hand divers carry enough electronics giving off different signals, one could make a shark curious or irritated enough to come up from behind and introduce itself.

 

[MB NZ]

Sounds a lot like New Zealand. Rarely see a shark on SCUBA. Go freediving/spearfishing and you see too many, but the records show that SCUBA does not make you invincible.

Coming across a great white in a semi-planned way in good visibility is how most divers imagine it's going to happen. That is very different from a completely unplanned encounter in low visibility.