Shark photography

[DivemasterDennis]

White tips are very approachable during the day, and good photo subjects. If you can do a dive at a site off Lahaina called Mala Pier, you will almost certainly encounter some. As far as proximity, you could (but should not) touch them if you wanted to.
DivemasterDennis

 

[vladimir]

White tips are very approachable during the day, and good photo subjects. If you can do a dive at a site off Lahaina called Mala Pier, you will almost certainly encounter some. As far as proximity, you could (but should not) touch them if you wanted to.
DivemasterDennis

This reminded me of something the cruise director told us in Cocos. We saw hundreds of sharks in the week there—there were at least a hundred Silkies, probably many more, surrounding a bait ball. Add the huge schools of Hammerheads and you start to take the ubiquitous White-tips for granted. They do one night dive at the Manuelita Coral Garden that excites the White-tips into a bit of a frenzy, feeding with the benefit of the dive lights. He told us that that is where they experience "the most shark bites."

So yes, it's good advice to not touch, and it's also good to make the distinction between day and night dives. Treat all sharks with a healthy amount of respect.