Tiger Shark video

[BeckyKagan]

A few months ago I was part of a shoot diving off the West End of Grand Bahamas in a place called Tiger Beach. We shot video of 12-14 foot Tiger sharks, and Lemon sharks using no cages, no chainmail -- only cameras to document them! They were super curious animals coming right up to the dome port of the cameras and pushing their noses ever so slightly against them to feel it out! They are very wary, yet will come extremely close to divers to get a better look.

http://www.liquidproductionsllc.com/index.php/videos

[Papa Bear]

I love diving with them! Here is one of a couple videos from Fiji's Pacific Harbor on Viti Lavue! Howard Hall called it "The Best Shark Dive in the World" and he isn't far from wrong! http://twotankedproductions.com/vide...harkvideo.html

[The Publisher]

Wait a minute, wouldn't their noses scratch a plexiglas dome port?! Inquiring minds want to know! lol

[Papa Bear]

A tooth sure wood! The skin would depend on how hard it hits it!

[The Publisher]

Becky,

What outfit did you dive with? The water clarity is amazing, and the fact that the sharks get in so close sure helps with color rendition.

So the tiger or other sharks never acted aggressive?

[BeckyKagan]

Dave,

This was the Dolphin Dream, Jim Abernathy also runs a trip out there. We actually had horrible weather and the vis wasn't as clear as it normally is...i'm glad it looks good on the video!

As for the dome port, i got a few harder hits with the lemons on the surface and had no issues with any scratches. Like Papa Bear said if they bit the port i'm positive it would scratch but the bumps did nothing. To me it would have been worth the $500 to replace the plexyglass =) I did have a few issues of getting hit hard on the surface and the cameara would go in and out of focus real quick. Now i shoot manual focus so there is no reason for it to go in and out of focus when the camera is hit hard. Maybe had to do with the lanc ? Anyways i've done the fiji dives and other shark dives around the world and this was imho my favorite!