Tiger Sharks

[IslandDiversHI]

Thanks for the replies all. It is about what I figured. Honokohau seems to be the best bet, but don't count on it! Quite a long ways from Oahu though.

 

[ChrisM]

I just told a client there is really no way to book a dive that has a decent chance of seeing Tiger Sharks in Hawaii. But now I'm second guessing myself. I have done the shore dive out of Honokohau harbor where I was told you might see the Tiger that goes in and out of the harbor to eat fisherman scraps (didn't see it). I've personally only seen a juvenile tiger one time at Baby Barge years ago, and I've easily a few thousand dives in Hawaii. My staff occasional (yearly) reports sightings at Koko Craters (our 38ft training and snorkeling site) in Maunalua Bay. I'm sure there are other places where sightings may be common if not frequent. But I'm I correct is saying there is nothing reliable? I'm really just a tourist when I'm off Oahu.

I saw a tiger at Honokohau….but from the surface as I was analysing EANx. From dorsal to tail tho it looked quite large. Very large.

I’m also told by the DM that as I had my head in some hole looking for something she (Lucy?) swam right over my head. Because of course

 

[Steelyeyes]

My wife and I did that dive from shore after a local gave us some good tips. We had a swim by from a 10 foot or so female tiger shark. I'm hoping to get back there in the semi near future. We'll probably work with Jack's Diving Locker to do it by boat. We aren't spring chickens any more and humping gear over lava to the beach is a bit of a chore. I was told by three different dive professional that work, or did work in that area for years the best month to see the sharks is August but they're there year round. We saw ours in December.