Question

Your first shark sighting diving... cool or scary?

Answer 1

My first shark sighting was in the Lost Blue Hole off Nassau's east coast. A pair of reef sharks were lazily patrolling around just under the edge, and it was super cool, but it was my 3rd open water dive ever and I had to pay more attention to the dive instructor asking us to demonstrate the certification skills.

    My second sighting, on the other hand, was at a location where sharks tended to hang out, and whoa, it was intense for a new diver to see several sharks in one spot! But any nervousness went away when I realized the sharks weren't at all interested and were almost going out of their way to avoid us.

Answer 2

My wife and I were diving in the Keys , We all went through a long swim through and I was last. As the group exited in front of me a 5 foot reef shark came in with me from the other side. Coolest thing in the world. He looked at me I looked at him and we swam right by each other.

Answer 3

Both cool and scary. We were diving near Tavernier in the Florida Keys. I looked to the side and saw a reef shark about 15 feet away. It was like we both saw each other at the same time. I went one way and it went the other. What a thrill!

Answer 4

freaking awesome. Saw a lemon shark, it had a hook in its mouth and some line from that hook trailing it... It was so cool though! Sharks rule

Answer 5

When I was in Hawaii, I was hoping so much to see a shark. I haven't seen a shark on a dive yet and I really wanted too (they are my favorite animals). The dive shop said that I probably wouldn't see a shark in the spots we were going to dive. But guess, what, I did! It was a little white tip reef shark. When I saw it I was so excited, i followed it for a little while and then the thought occurred "I"m following a shark..." - he was pretty speedy so I didn't keep following him, didn't want to separate from the dive group or my dive buddy. But it was so cool! I did 3 sets of two tank dives while in Hawaii, and every day they said I wouldn't see a shark, and guess what, I saw a white tip reef shark each day on at least one of the dives. Most of the time the sharks were chilling under a rock ledge "sleeping" - they were so awesome. 

Here's a screenshot from my GoPro footage of the first one I saw:

Answer 6

During my certification in Florida I saw a shark. We were doing our 1st open water dive and there it was under a ledge. It was scary and a thrill to see. See them all the time in Florida and the Bahamas.

Answer 7

We were off the coast of Florida when my wife bent down to pick up trash off the ocean floor. Just then a large shark cruised by her. She never saw the shark.

Answer 8

Always cool.

Always exciting.

Was only nervous once and am not sure why.

Answer 9

Reef sharks on a solo dive off a live a board in the Caribbean....somewhat un nerving