I have to get in the water with sharks!

[ThatsSomeBadHatHarry]

Thats it! I've never had a shark encounter but it needs to happen...fast! Has anyone out there seen a thresher in action?

 

[Al Mialkovsky]

You mean having sex?

 

[amascuba]

Most sharks aren't agressive towards divers. You are more likely to be killed by a coconut walking down a beach than to be killed by a shark while diving. I've seen mostly nurse sharks and reef sharks. They mostly tried to avoid me.

 

[ShakaZulu]

Tryto avoid the following: Great Whites, Bull, Reef and Tigers.....then you should be ok.....

http://www.scubapost.net/forums/shakazulu/Sodwana+-+South+Africa/?g2_page=5

 

[freediver]

Most sharks aren't agressive towards divers. You are more likely to be killed by a coconut walking down a beach than to be killed by a shark while diving. I've seen mostly nurse sharks and reef sharks. They mostly tried to avoid me.

That's odd! I never knew coconuts could even walk.

 

[Cacia]

nice, Al. Does your wife know you're out again?

 

[jagfish]

Actually, the poster's question was has anyone seen a thresher in action. I'm curious about this as well. I've seen a few threshers, but not using their tail for feeding. I've not even seen a video of this, just read about it with maybe a lame illustration...

 

[MB]

Thats it! I've never had a shark encounter but it needs to happen...fast! Has anyone out there seen a thresher in action?

Sounds like an excellent day at the office!!! Wish I was there now.

Actually I avoid group feeding encounters where humans alter shark behavior is ways unimaginable. By diving in areas known to have sharks, you'll have plenty of encounters. And not all sharks are created equal. Somebody said beware of bulls and reefs. Well... not necessarily. Keep a close eye out for bulls. And in some locales gray reefs are quite assertive, but there's no reason to actually avoid them. Some years ago in the Pacific we tried to avoid gray reefs -- but today in the Carribean, reefs are sought out. Different sharks, different locales, different human actions.

Re: threshers - sorry - no specific interactions, but I'm curious to see if anyone else has met one.

 

[ThatsSomeBadHatHarry]

yeah, that's what i meant. That must be an amazing sight seeing them herd schools like that.

 

[H2Andy]

one time i gave a nurse shark a shark heart attack (swam right around a wreck
right into its path). it was a good 50 feet away, and you should have seen it
veering off....

and one time i saw a distant speck someone claimed was a hammerhead

and one time i saw a distant speck someone claimed was a reef shark

therein end of my experience with sharks