| Sounds crazy right? Well tens of thousands of people | | | | places where you can dive in the open water with |
| from all over the world disagree. Shark diving is | | | | different species of shark. Most sharks will not attack |
| getting increasing popular all over the world as | | | | humans unless they feel threatened or they think |
| tourists and scuba divers face their fears to take the | | | | they're prey. This makes scuba diving with sharks |
| plunge with some of the most feared animals on | | | | relatively safe. |
| earth. Whether it is from the safety of a cage or in | | | | Some of the best areas you can dive in the open |
| the open water, shark diving is becoming huge draw | | | | water with sharks are in The Caribbean, Great Barrier |
| card for shark infested waters like South Africa, | | | | Reef off the coast of Queensland, CoCos islands, |
| Australia, The Gulf of Mexico and California. | | | | Mexico, The Maldives and The Bahamas. There are |
| South Africa is leading the way in shark diving eco | | | | literally dozens of species of shark on offer. What |
| tourism. South Africa is probably the best place for | | | | sharks you're likely to see depends on what time of |
| seeing the so called "man eater", the Great White | | | | the year you go. For more information visit our site. |
| Shark. The Great White is the most feared predator | | | | One experience that will literally take your breath |
| on earth. Fears fuelled by movies like "Jaws" and | | | | away is diving with a Whale Shark. The whale shark |
| "Deep Blue Ocean". There are literally hundreds of | | | | is the biggest fish in the world, measuring up to 46+ |
| places in South Africa where you can go shark diving | | | | feet! Scared? You shouldn't be, the Whale shark is a |
| and just as many operators willing to take you there. | | | | herbivore! The biggest shark in the world doesn't eat |
| From the safety of a solid steel cage, you can view | | | | meat. In fact, the Whale shark is the most docile of |
| Great White Sharks of up to 6m in length. | | | | all sharks and doesn't mind a bit of human interaction. |
| The dive operators take you to spots between two | | | | Sharing space with this enormous fish truly a life |
| and fifteen kilometers offshore and throw dead fish | | | | changing experience. Whale sharks are found |
| and blood on the water to lure in any sharks in the | | | | anywhere in the warm waters near the equator, but |
| area. Some sharks can small a drop of blood up to | | | | they are hard to find and you often need to travel |
| two kilometers away; to we're talking a lot of sharks. | | | | quite a distance offshore. |
| Once the sharks are in sight the cage is dropped and | | | | So does swimming in shark infested waters still sound |
| some fake seal lures are hung over the boat to | | | | like a crazy idea or have I wet your appetite for |
| attract the sharks even closer. You can expect to | | | | some shark diving? For more information on diving |
| spend between twenty and forty minutes in the | | | | with the sharks you can visit our website, |
| cage. Sharks are often curious about the cage, so | | | | sharkdiving.us. So next time you're stuck for a |
| close encounters are not uncommon. | | | | summer vacation idea, maybe you should think about |
| Diving with sharks from the safety of a cage not | | | | going diving with the sharks! |
| extreme enough for you? Well there are plenty of | | | | |