Sounds crazy right? Tens of thousands of people from all over the world disagree. Shark diving is becoming more and more popular around the world as tourists and scuba divers face fear of infiltrating the world’s most feared animals.
Whether from a safe cage or open water, shark diving has become a major shark-absorbing card like South Africa, Australia, The Gulf of Mexico and California. South Africa is a world leader in wildlife shark tourism. South Africa is probably the best place to see the so-called “human food”, the Great White Shark.
The Great White is the most feared animal in the world. Fear inspired by films like "Jaws" and "Deep Blue Ocean". There are hundreds of places in South Africa where you can go for a shark dive and many staff are willing to take you there. From the safety of the solid metal cage, you can watch the Great White Sharks up to 6m tall.
Divers take you between two and fifteen miles [2 km] along the coast and throw dead fish and blood into the water to attract any sharks in the area. Some sharks may have a small drop of blood up to a mile [2 km] away; that we are talking about many sharks. Once the sharks have detected the cage is discarded and other counterfeit metal objects are hung over the boat to keep the sharks closer.
You can expect to spend between twenty and forty minutes in the cage. Sharks tend to be curious about this cage, so close contact is rare. Diving with sharks from the safety of the cage is not extreme enough for you? There are many places where you can dive into open water with different types of sharks. Most sharks do not attack humans unless they feel threatened or think they are victims.
This makes scuba diving and sharks safer. Some of the best places to swim in the open water are sharks in The Caribbean, the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland, the CoCos Islands, Mexico, the Maldives, and the Bahamas. There are real types of sharks on offer. Sharks you may see depending on what time of year you are traveling. For more information visit our site.
One experience that will literally blow you away with a Whale Shark. The whale shark is the largest fish in the world, with a length of up to 46+ feet! Are you scared? Not to mention, the Whale shark is a green predator! The world's largest shark does not eat meat.
In fact, the Whale shark is the simplest of all sharks and does not care about human interactions. Sharing a place with this huge fish is a life-changing activity. Whale sharks are found anywhere in warm water near the equator, but they are hard to find and often require long distances along the coast.
SeeSo does swimming in water full of sharks still sound like crazy or do I wet your craving for sharks? For more information on diving and sharks you can visit our website, sharkdiving.us. So the next time you catch a glimpse of a summer vacation, you should probably think about going for a swim with a shark!
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