Shark Dive

Since being in the Bahamas, Bethany, I, and one other crew member decided to get PADI dive certified. Because the rest of the crew is certified and the boss wants to do some diving in the near future it was a great time and opportunity to do it. Last week we went through the course homework and had four open water dives with an instructor. We had a great time diving through wrecks from movies such as, "Into the Blue", "Jaws", "Mythbusters", and also a ledge that goes from 70 feet down to 6,500 feet, which begins the "Tongue of the Ocean". This last trip with the boss some of his guests wanted to do some diving. The first day we did some fun dives through wrecks and the ledge checking out some coral, fish, and a few sharks. The second day was the shark feed. During the second dive of the day we all entered the "Shark Arena". Once we were all in place siting on the bottom in a big circle, our instructor came in the middle with a box of shark bait. He started by giving a little feed and then entered into a "Shark Tonic." He rubs the nose of the shark where all their major senses are and is able to make them stand vertical or put them in a trance so people can touch them. In this "Tonic" state they basically paralyzed. All in all there were about 30 to 40 Reef Shark at the feeding. Once they were done eating we had a chance to search for some teeth before surfacing. It was an awesome experience and as our fourth certified dive, it is going to be a tough one to top.