Florida Dive report

[Wendy]

I never really had a ferar of sharks, didn't think about it much, and I have never seen one while diving in the ocean other than nurse sharks, but I don't count them (no offense menat to nurse sharks).

It had been since August when I was in the ocean last prior to this dive, and I had been in the fresh water since then too. I developed my shark phobia, but since my dive last sunday I don't think about it anymore. I figure it this way, its not like they are are sneaking up from behind, waiting for me to be looking at some cute little fish, and then whammo! eat me when I'm not looking. I don't know how I'll react when I ever see one, but I'm sure it will end up be a very cool experience rather than an oh sh*t there's a shark in here with me!

If you think you need to overcome this fear why don't you plan a dive trip to EPCOT's The Living Seas at Disney. You can dive the tnak there and there are sharks in there swimming with you. Think of it asa controlled environament thing. Maybe that will help you and 'condition' you to diving around sharks.

 

[scubabear]

One of the best ways I know to get conditioned to sharks quickly is a shark feeding dive. Though several are offered, I prefer Stuart Cove's. www.stuartcove.com/rsd Nassau, Bahamas. He and his wife run a great shop, also offered are scooter dives ! Some other ops. use the chumsicle method but I prefer the dm feed and control the action. Diving the living seas appealed to us until we found out about the water temp. brrrrrrr.

Hope this helps a little bit, sharks are way cool. Don't worry about bad karma too much, in my misguided youth I used to powerhead them for sport. So far no payback !

John

 

[MSGAL]

Thanks Wendy that is a great idea