• Question: Was it scary divin with white sharks and was it the time of your life??

    Asked by sciencegeekjade to Sarah on 18 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Sarah Bardsley

      Sarah Bardsley answered on 18 Jun 2010:


      The sharks I dived with were not Great Whites but Grey Nurse sharks. Here’s a good picture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_nurse_shark. It was really scary! But also brilliant. They move so beautifully through the water. It felt like a privilege to be allowed into their world. One swam right past me I could have touched it. Although I wanted to keep my hand. During the dive I nearly ran out of air and had to use my instructor’s send regulator (the thing that goes in your mouth and feeds you air). That was probably more terrifying!

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