Diving with the Bull sharks

[AndyMurch]

I wasn't saying that diver will be the food instead of the fish. I should have said the sharks may be associating divers with lunch and this could lead to an accident.

Fair enough. I agree. And yes, they definitely learn to associate divers with lunch just like we associate restaurants with lunch but I rarely bite the waiter.

If you're interested, here is a link to 'shark diving 101' which contains some rudimentary advice for people that want to get close to sharks:
important Shark diving techniques. All the basic principles of shark diving

 

[diverken374]

Somewhere on Scubaboard Mexico someone posted about seeing this Bull Shark off Playa with a hook in it's mouth. This would be it.

 

[FaceDive]

Hey, I heard that Phantom Divers are letting people pay to feed trhe sharks is this true? If it is than it´s just dumb, Bull sharks are curious enough as it is and if there´s blood in the water they can get really way too curious.

On the other note, I did a Bull shark dive the other day with a new (I think) dive shop called Ecodiving Tours, they were pretty cool....I usually dive with one of the bigger operations but I think I´ll be going back to this smaller shop, felt a bit more personal.

 

[Sideways]

Somewhere on Scubaboard Mexico someone posted about seeing this Bull Shark off Playa with a hook in it's mouth. This would be it.

That be him! I have a few recent shots of him too!

 

[ibj40]

Somewhere on Scubaboard Mexico someone posted about seeing this Bull Shark off Playa with a hook in it's mouth. This would be it.

Yup, that's the one we saw about two weeks ago. Plus, there's another thread about clandestine night fishing for them:

http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/cozumel/317398-bull-sharks-fished-playa-del-carmen.html

 

[Mike]

Just as a side note -

*** a shark with a hook in it's mouth swiming in a protected area doesn't mean it got that hook from a poacher. There is plenty of shark fishing going on outside the protected zones. A group of my friends did too fishing charters in Nov out of Cozumel, one of those involved going over to the other side (Playa) and fishing for bull sharks.

 

[ben@scorpiodivers.com]

here is a photo of the 7ft female with the hook in her mouth smiling!!

 

[diverken374]

That be him! I have a few recent shots of him too!

Wow! Those are some of the nicer pictures that I have seen posted here. Thanks!
More than just an amateur photographer?

 

[PARADISE HUNTER]

Hey, I heard that Phantom Divers are letting people pay to feed trhe sharks is this true? If it is than it´s just dumb, Bull sharks are curious enough as it is and if there´s blood in the water they can get really way too curious.

On the other note, I did a Bull shark dive the other day with a new (I think) dive shop called Ecodiving Tours, they were pretty cool....I usually dive with one of the bigger operations but I think I´ll be going back to this smaller shop, felt a bit more personal.

Welcome to Scuba Board....

 

[Herk_Man]

anyone up for a night snorkel off the beach in Playa? I'll stay on land and watch your belongings.

This thread has prompted me to change my signature! Enjoy! :mooner: