Just got back for a dive with the sharks at the National Aquarium with my daughter Shinal

A big thanks to both Kerry and Rob who looked after us as they always do

Cant thank them enough

Cheers

guys

wheres the pics tho??

Im on my laptop with wireless connection so its a bit slow

early next week beware

ok then ill let ya off the hook. but ill be waiting.

i bet it was an awesome experince tho

Sweet.

You two were game, especially since the sharks were fighting to see who would get the first bite before you even got in the water!

before shinal went in, Kerry showed her a wetsuit with a bite mark in the shoulder

she still didn't change her mind

The " bite mark" may or may not have been made with a knife

Her fear isn't with sharks, its with rays

i would love the experience!

over 150 dives, many of them in clear waters meant to be teeming with sharks, and i have only ever seen a baby carpet shark.

ive seen more sharks fishing actually come to think of it... :-?

the one time i thought i saw a huge shark (thought bronzie or thresher) ie. huge 3x my size torpedo shape cruising throught e channel i was diving to the side of...

turned out to be a huge kingie... estimate 300kg +++

" OMG OMG OMG OMG.... wait... :roll: its only a kingie... its a KINGIE! " lmao

I met one in the murk of the Manukau one day when looking for crays. He swam about 1.5 meters right in front of me.

If he was hungry and wanted to chew of a fat guy, he would of had me but he had far greater respect for his heath so I knew I was safe.

Simple thing is that they really dont want to chew on humans when there are fish to eat so any attack is normally a mistke on their behalf

thing is barry, if you see a shark, its cos they WANT you to see them...

they have such great senses that they detect you way off! long before you even know they are there. if they were going to take a chunk out of you, they would do it before you knew it! therefore, you never see the one that gets you! so if you cant see it, why worry about it!

lol

must have been an awesome experience! im pretty jelous myself...

exactly

I'm happy to leave you two to play with the sharks. The only sharks I like being close to are the ones with the chips.