Saw 1st Shark Saturday

[Wayward Son]

1st for my wife, that is

We dropped on the Strength, and worked around it until we came to a break in the side. Presto! There's a nice little nurse shark's head, just laying there. So I got her attention & pointed it out. We were only about 3 feet from it, got a real good look. It was 4 to 5 ft long.

Kinda nice for her 1st encounter to be with one of the safer species. People she works with have given her crap about getting eaten by a shark (she just tells them that they'll eat me, since I'm the one spearing), and now she finally gets to tell them she saw one & lived to tell about it, LOL.

 

[SteveDiver]

Congrats! It is amazing isn't it... The first time I saw one was near a wreck in Oahu.

 

[DiveMaster176493]

nurse sharks are cool have bunch of nurse shark pics in my gallery

 

[Wayward Son]

Yeah, mostly I see bulls around here. This is the 1st nurse here so far for me. I'm sure she'll see one of those soon enough, but it's nice to ease into this.

 

[ReefGuy]

You must not have been in Florida, or she would have gotten bitten .

It's cool that her first shark encounter was so positive.

 

[Mantasscareme]

Would you consider the gray reef an ok shark for a first timer's shark dive?

 

[robbcayman]

You must not have been in Florida, or she would have gotten bitten .

It's cool that her first shark encounter was so positive.

LOL!!!

 

[Spoon]

rats!!! havent seen any yet.

 

[jiveturkey]

My first shark was a leopard shark. It came from the top of the wall and just glided down in front of us. I felt so clumsy after watching how gracefully it moved.

 

[djanni]

Just curious if you'd seem that huge Bull that hangs out around the Strength and the Bart? My wife and I did. It swam by at some 8 to 10 feet away. Wow! What an amazing creature.

Those who dive those wrecks frequently say he's 8 or 9 feet long and will bump you. He'll also come after your fishes. You have to be a lot braver than I am to spearfish in those waters so more power to you.

I thought he/she was closer to 20 feet long and 12 feet in girth.

They say it hears the spear guns and comes a running.