Here's a video of the shark feed that we did in the Bahamas. The sharks heard the boat pull up and knew it was lunch time. It's a little strange putting on your gear and seeing the sharks swarming the boat. "Really? We're supposed to jump in? Okay - you first! But I don't want to go last either..." 
We dove down to 80 feet where our dive instructor, Dennis, lined us up with our backs to a wall. We could see the sharks swim by as we descended the line. But honestly, as soon as we were in the water with them you could see they really weren't interested in us. They were just slowing swimming all around just checking things out. When everyone was ready, Drew drove out in the dingy and threw in a nice big chumcicle that he'd made to feed the sharks. It was a feeding frenzy indeed. As soon as the food was gone - so were the sharks. And we were free to check out the rest of the site. Towards the end of the dive we did fine a very mellow 5-6ft nurse shark hanging out under a ledge.
The next video is of a sting ray. Our last dive was a 15 ft wreck dive called the Hesperus. There were millions of fish swimming around and TONS of string rays. They were in the sand everywhere. It was a little intimidating at times as they'd come up from the sand and start gliding around - but you're only 15 feet deep - not too many places to go to get out of the way, you know?
5 comments:
It totally freaks me out to know you were in the water with all those sharks....my heart is pounding just watching the video!
wow... you guys are so courageous! it sounds like you guys had so much fun!
So, um, thanks, Jeff, for pointing out my little typo. You're a true friend!
This is Jared. We saw the same typo and laughed for a good amount of time. We wanted to call but it was late at night......didnt want to wake you guys...then we forgot.
Crazy stuff! I always thought you had to be in a cage or something to be around sharks. Looks like an incredible time!
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