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Article #369: Shark Diving In Bahamas

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Among the many scuba diving attractions inexperienced divers may be frightened to
in Little Bahama Bank of the Caribbean find themselves in such close proximity
Sea, scuba diving with sharks is one of with these fierce meat eating predators.
the favorite underwater activities for All novice and inexperienced scuba divers
scuba divers there. should therefore dive under the close
Bahamas' Bull Pit Shark Dive supervision of experienced divers so that
This is a classic shark diving they would not panic and do things that
destination and having been scuba dived may attract the sharks to think of them
so frequently for many years. It is as food.
because of this factor that the sharks Bahamas Shark Rodeo
there can now associate the sound of boat This famous shark rodeo in Little Bahama
engines with food. Hey, it is always Bank is a flat patch of sand the size of
lunch time whenever boats are a football field at Walker's Cay. Dive
approaching. boats will usually circle the site first,
These awesome sea predators will move gunning the boat's engines to attract the
very quickly into the area once they sharks.
sense that the dive boats are coming. Upon entering the water, scuba divers
Since this strange and unnatural shark will settle on the sandy seabed in sight
behavior that is being cultivated by of a 'chumsicle' which is a large frozen
human activities is not a natural mass of fish contained in a porous
characteristic of sharks hunting for food cylinder. The good thing about this shark
has been criticized by marine feeding system is that it avoids pieces
conservationists. of fish remains floating near watching
The Bull Pit is made up of a series of scuba divers so as to prevent shark
low lying reefs and canyons that create a attacking scuba divers by accident.
maze of interesting channels and gullies The feeding sharks, often more than a
for scuba divers to explore. One favorite hundred of them from several shark
method of shark watching by scuba divers species will suddenly zoom in to the
is to wait in one of these gullies and chumsicle in a feeding frenzy. This is
wait for the sharks to come near. The when the show begins. Divers are warned
sharks of course are aware that the scuba to keep very still when some of the
divers are around and will sometimes swim sharks may glide over to check out who is
up close to inspect the intruders and to eyeing their meals or worse, eating the
check for food handouts. scuba divers as their meal.
Although The Bull Pit dive site is So if you plan for a scuba diving trip to
considered a safe diving location, the Bahamas, do dive with the sharks.






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