Live-aboards at Monad Shoals(Malapascua)

[kwhkg]

Live-Aboards visiting Monad Shoals in an attempt to see Thresher Sharks should follow local ediquette and common sense that Threshers have an aversion to bright lights.

Hence the dives are usualy between 5-7 am, before sunrise

Recently (oct 30) The bright ,Dual Halogen Head lights of video filming divers from a local liveboard operator surely effected the behavior of the Threshers .

With app 40-50 divers patiently and quietly waiting for a sighting (without flashes or spotlights ) the Millenium Falcon like Headlights of the Liveabord Divers traversed the entire ledge of the dive site.

Needless to say the Threshers didnt appear

Liveaboards visting these sites should practice more RESPONSIBLE diving

 

[clgsamson]

The Threshers didn't appear in their brightly lit side, but at the same time we had one thresher all by ourselves in that little dark spot of the shoal. And that's why we bought Thresher shark t-shirts later in the day to congratulate ourselves for seeing one .

 

[kwhkg]

thats why we have lots of t-shirts ..hehehehe

 

[jigo]

my only consolation is that those guys with video equipment travelled so far and spent so much money and ended up not seeing any threshers because of their own stupidity and callousness. matt even asked them to move away since they were hovering at the drop-off but they ignored him.

yes we're talking about you guys from the borneo explorer!

 

[xariatay]

Tsk tsk... Some big-shots "video-grapher"/"flim-maker"???

 

[kwhkg]

looks that way

 

[gee13]

karma is a video device served empty...