Lemon Sharks at Palancar Horseshoe.
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sharky60
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whatever they were...you suck 
on a freakin' snorkel trip none the less!!!!
i gotta get there in the fall/winter, I saw my very first REAL shark on Coz this past year after diving here since 1996. it was at Horseshoe...great dive even without sharks, by the way.
I'm not sure what it was, it was about 20' below me and I didn't see it until it was almost past. It's shape was of a young Bull, but like I said, I didn't get a very good look at him.
on a freakin' snorkel trip none the less!!!!i gotta get there in the fall/winter, I saw my very first REAL shark on Coz this past year after diving here since 1996. it was at Horseshoe...great dive even without sharks, by the way.
I'm not sure what it was, it was about 20' below me and I didn't see it until it was almost past. It's shape was of a young Bull, but like I said, I didn't get a very good look at him.
I believe I just saw a few lemon sharks while snorkeling on an uninhabited island's lagoon just to the north of me. We were doing a cleanup on the beach to make it presentable and I went out to recce the reef as a potential divesite.
Heading back I first saw one shark approx 3ft long but couldn't identify it as the water in the middle of the lagoon had lower vis and a temperature drop. Depth was maybe 5ft. Another approx 4ft came in to view and then I think another... or the first one circled back.
They were not blacktip reef, whitetip reef, nurse, guitar or zebra. These are the main sharks I would expect to see in the shallows around here in the Maldivian lagoons. I'm guessing lemon due to the colour and fairly mean looking appearance. I have the Debelius' Shark and Ray book, and I reckon they're lemons.
Heading back I first saw one shark approx 3ft long but couldn't identify it as the water in the middle of the lagoon had lower vis and a temperature drop. Depth was maybe 5ft. Another approx 4ft came in to view and then I think another... or the first one circled back.
They were not blacktip reef, whitetip reef, nurse, guitar or zebra. These are the main sharks I would expect to see in the shallows around here in the Maldivian lagoons. I'm guessing lemon due to the colour and fairly mean looking appearance. I have the Debelius' Shark and Ray book, and I reckon they're lemons.
Dove Palancar Horseshoe twice last week & saw the school of about 10 sharks both times. My dm Julio & then Ricardo said the were reef sharks.
Julio actually thought they may have been baby bulls but thne corrected himself the next day & thought they were reef sharks.
Both times they just cruised around a large area & we were able to check them out for 15minutes+ or so while covering the area around the large square cement block & nearby formations..
Impressive sight regardless!
Julio actually thought they may have been baby bulls but thne corrected himself the next day & thought they were reef sharks.
Both times they just cruised around a large area & we were able to check them out for 15minutes+ or so while covering the area around the large square cement block & nearby formations..
Impressive sight regardless!
diverokc
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We saw 12 reef sharks- black tips at palancar gardens monday. They just swam in big circles also and with no current we hung out and watched for a bit0 great first dive of my trip.
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Christi,
I'm far from an expert on sharks. Our dive guide, or should I say snorkle guide was Peto. He said he was sure they
were lemon, to me they looked like black tip, I can't trump his thousand some dives with my hundred or so in Cozumel.
One thing for sure, they were awesome to see no matter what.
I'm far from an expert on sharks. Our dive guide, or should I say snorkle guide was Peto. He said he was sure they
were lemon, to me they looked like black tip, I can't trump his thousand some dives with my hundred or so in Cozumel.
One thing for sure, they were awesome to see no matter what.
Drewpy
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Lemons are easy to spot by the apperance of a "second" smaller dorsal fin between the tail and the primary one.
I saw several in Tahiti and was given this tidbit by our local guide..
Regardless, its nice to hear about the sharks making a return as I have only seen Nurse sharks in Coz.
I saw several in Tahiti and was given this tidbit by our local guide..
Regardless, its nice to hear about the sharks making a return as I have only seen Nurse sharks in Coz.
Why "lemon"? Are they yellow? Do they taste sour? Are they shaped like a lemon? Inquiring minds want to know...
Drewpy
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Here you go...
The lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris, is a shark in the family Carcharhinidae, can grow to 10 feet (3.0 m) long.[2] It is known as the lemon shark because light interacting at certain depths with the local seawater can give this shark a tanned and yellow, pitted appearance, much like the surface of a lemon.
The lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris, is a shark in the family Carcharhinidae, can grow to 10 feet (3.0 m) long.[2] It is known as the lemon shark because light interacting at certain depths with the local seawater can give this shark a tanned and yellow, pitted appearance, much like the surface of a lemon.
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