SO> My name is Scott, and I am a Commericial Diver and after a few 
SO> encounters withsharks in my line of work there is no way I would dive 
SO> with them as a sport.
SO> Sharks like to do one thing, and one thing only. That's eat what ever 
SO> they canfit in there mouths. Be it a cresent wrench, or the arm that 
SO> it is attatched to.
SO> What they can't fit, they can chop up with there teeth until it fits.
SO> So If any one out there is considering a shark dive, my 
SO> recommendation is"Forget it unless you have a death wish"
I guess I would like to hear a bit more about some of your experiences.  Over 
the past twenty five years or so we've encountered sharks in a variety of 
settings and have had problems in only a few cases.  even the white shark 
that we saw last year while diving around the harbour seals pretty much 
ignored us and chased the seals, at least from what we could see that was 
what was going on who knows what was going on out of sight.  As for the shark 
feeding dives with reef sharks I would tend to agree that something seems 
amiss with the concept.  Same with the no cage open water blue shark dives.  
Whatever.  We all have our own brand of excitment and the numbers don't seem 
to indicate that anyone is being completely idiotic, not in the mainstream 
circles anyway.
 
Be wet and well.
 
Dennis
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