Isla Guadalupe Where: Mexico Type: Cage diving with great whites Photo: Carolyn WangĪ scalloped hammerhead cruises by for a closer inspection. Malpelo Island dive info on Bluewater Travel
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Other pelagics are common, including seasonal schools of silky sharks, plus Galapagos sharks, mantas, eagle rays, dolphins and more. Most famous are its hammerhead cleaning stations, where divers can get close and personal with the large sharks in shallow water. Malpelo is another remote Eastern Pacific island known for wild shark encounters. Malpelo Island Where: Columbia (boats often leave from Panama) Type: Wild encounters Learn more in our article on diving Jardines de la Reina.Įxciting shark encounters await divers who venture to Jardines de la Reina. Photo: Goran ButajlaĪ Caribbean reef shark cruises along the reef. It’s safe to say you will have sharky dives… every dive. Protected Caribbean reefs are home to many large sharks, with frequent sightings of Caribbean and silky sharks. This popular dive area has recently risen to the attention of North American divers after enjoying popularity with European divers for a number of years. Jardines de la Reina Where: Cuba Type: Wild & baited encounters Rangiroa is an incredible shark diving destination. It’s necessary to plan your trip around the spawning event, so make sure to have Bluewater Travel help set this up for you.įrench Polynesia dive info on Bluewater Travel Rangiroa is said to have countless sharks in the water during the spawning, and Bluewater Photo will be there in July 2014 for a workshop around the event. With these large aggregations of fish come their predators – sharks. Talk of Rangiroa has been increasing in diving circles with the recent discovery of grouper spawning aggregations. Rangiroa Where: Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia Type: Wild encounters Sharks are found in abundance in the Galapagos Islands. Wolf and Darwin Islands are home to large hammerhead schools. Photo: Kadu Pinheiro Galapagos Islands dive info on Bluewater Travel The islands form an oasis in the open ocean and a great hunting ground for pelagic sharks, so keep your eyes open on every dive.
Hammerheads can be seen at any dive site and it’s common to have a Galapagos shark circle your boat at some anchorages. Swim with whale sharks in the fall or watch for schooling scalloped hammerheads near Wolf and Darwin Islands. Galapagos Islands Where: Ecuador Type: Wild encountersĭeclared a national marine park in 1959, the remote Galapagos Islands are home to many pelagic and reef shark species. Photo: Carolyn WangĪn experienced guide hand feeds a bull shark. These big fish are the stars of the show, but expect to see grey sharks, black tips and other reef sharks.īull sharks patrol the waters of Beqa Lagoon. Shark feeding is the name of the game, attracting many bull sharks and the occasional tiger shark. The shark dive at Beqa lagoon is renowned worldwide as one of the few places divers can reliably get close to large bull sharks. Let’s work together to get in the water for these dives!īeqa Lagoon Where: Fiji Type: Shark feedingįiji is a diver’s paradise, so it makes sense that it is home to one of the best shark dives in the world. You want to dive with sharks and Bluewater Travel wants to help book the perfect trip at the lowest possible price.
And more importantly, we’re starting a conversation. We’ve excluded whale sharks in order to focus on the fast action of predatory sharks for this list. Whatever your flavor, these are destinations/dives that should be high on all shark-minded divers’ trip lists. Some divers love the high-energy action of chumming and shark feeding some get into cages with huge Great Whites some travel to sharky waters for wild encounters and some swim alongside gentle whale sharks.
It’s the same thrill many shark divers seek out on a regular basis - a balance of adrenaline and beauty. This wild experience sent chills down my spine and a barrage of thoughts as I came back to the surface. I instinctively looked left to where the fish came from, where a massive black triangle faded into the deep water of the channel. Suddenly the perfect quiet was broken by the clap of tails on scales as a school of surgeonfish darted in front of me towards the shallower water. The abundant marine life moved in all directions and I was enchanted by a couple large triggerfish. This past February I was snorkeling in the Galapagos, down around 20 feet drifting along the side of a narrow channel between islands.
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