Wednesday, 28th of December 2011 - Blog written by Cris
We boarded guests mostly from Argentina and 1 from Switzerland! We also had about 15 small sea turtles. All equally eager to get into the clear waters of the Bahamas as soon as possible. By 1pm the next day we were diving the beautiful deep reef El Dorado. We had 2 wild tigers show up along with a couple dozen reef sharks. It was a great first dive and the groups comfort level grew immediately. The next day was at Tiger Beach, and we weren’t let down. We had 7 tigers, with Emma being her usual supermodel self. By the end of day 2, everyone had already gotten some amazing photo and video opportunities. The weather picked up a little, which allowed us a few different options. Throughout the week we took advantage of breaching tiger sharks, dives in at a blue hole, a night dive on an unexplored reef, and a beautiful reef dive further away than we normally travel. Later in the week we headed back to Tiger Beach for a few last dives with Emma and some other regulars. Finally, at the group’s request, we left the sharks behind and decided to do one last drift dive on one of our deep reefs. Luckily, the sharks loyalty showed and we spent our drift on Mt. Mokaran with a handful of lemon and reef sharks following along the entire way. Thankfully we had a wonderful group on board that made it easy for us to have a great time even with a bit of rough weather. Hopefully we will see all of them back again soon.
November 12-18, 2011 Shark Expedition
Thursday, 22nd of December 2011 - Blog written by Jim Abernethy
This week we hosted an all Brazilian group at Tiger Beach. We started the week by releasing young green sea turtles into the Gulf Stream. The guests were more than happy to jump in and test their cameras before seeing any sharks. Our first dive started at a shallow reef we call Shark Paradise. 3 tiger sharks showed up during this first dive. We stayed at the reef all day enjoying the tigers, lemons and reef sharks. We spent the next few days moving around tiger beach. We averaged around 7 tigers on most dives, with our best day bringing in 9 at once. Mixed in were a handful of reef sharks and around 25 lemon sharks. Some of our favorite sharks were spotted throughout the week. Emma was on quite a few dives along with TC. Jamin Shark also came around for a few short appearances, but seemed to be a bit shy. For the last few days of the trip, with great weather and a very capable group, we headed for End of the Map. Throughout the last 2 days, we spent time getting the bull sharks comfortable enough to give great photo opportunities. We ended up with around 15 bulls and 3 tigers mixed in. With the weather and the group equally easy to enjoy, we shared some amazing dives and laughs together.