Shark Diving In Bahamas

A mong the many scuba diving       conservationists.                  attractions in Little                                              Bahama Bank of the              The Bull Pit is made up of a       Caribbean Sea, scuba diving with      series of low lying reefs and      sharks is one of the favorite         canyons that create a maze of      underwater activities for scuba       interesting channels and gullies   divers there.                         for scuba divers to explore. One                                         favorite method of shark watching  Bahamas' Bull Pit Shark Dive          by scuba divers is to wait in one                                        of these gullies and wait for the  This is a classic shark diving        sharks to come near. The sharks    destination and having been scuba     of course are aware that the       dived so frequently for many          scuba divers are around and will   years. It is because of this          sometimes swim up close to         factor that the sharks there can      inspect the intruders and to       now associate the sound of boat       check for food handouts.           engines with food. Hey, it is                                            always lunch time whenever boats      Although The Bull Pit dive site    are approaching.                      is considered a safe diving                                              location, inexperienced divers     These awesome sea predators will      may be frightened to find          move very quickly into the area       themselves in such close           once they sense that the dive         proximity with these fierce meat   boats are coming. Since this          eating predators. All novice and   strange and unnatural shark           inexperienced scuba divers should  behavior that is being cultivated     therefore dive under the close     by human activities is not a          supervision of experienced divers  natural characteristic of sharks      so that they would not panic and   hunting for food has been             do things that may attract the     criticized by marine                  sharks to think of them as food.                                         divers so as to prevent shark      Bahamas Shark Rodeo                   attacking scuba divers by                                                accident.                          This famous shark rodeo in Little                                        Bahama Bank is a flat patch of        The feeding sharks, often more     sand the size of a football field     than a hundred of them from        at Walker's Cay. Dive boats will      several shark species will         usually circle the site first,        suddenly zoom in to the chumsicle  gunning the boat's engines to         in a feeding frenzy. This is when  attract the sharks.                   the show begins. Divers are                                              warned to keep very still when     Upon entering the water, scuba        some of the sharks may glide over  divers will settle on the sandy       to check out who is eyeing their   seabed in sight of a 'chumsicle'      meals or worse, eating the scuba   which is a large frozen mass of       divers as their meal.              fish contained in a porous                                               cylinder. The good thing about        So if you plan for a scuba diving  this shark feeding system is that     trip to the Bahamas, do dive with  it avoids pieces of fish remains      the sharks.                        floating near watching scuba           About the Author: Chris has been diving for 3 decades. More stories Oahu scuba diving and Scuba diving holidays Read more articles by: Chris Chew Article Source: www.iSnare.com