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I wanted to share this with you guys incase anyone els is interested. I did a dive in South Africa just south of Durban in a place called Umkommas (sp?) Thers a dive outfit there that does tiger shark dives, no cage! they chum the water and in seconds a shark shows up followed by her friends. after half an hour there was 7 tigersharks maybe 5 black tips and a zambezi. This was a magical experience I would recommed to any one. I was scared at first but once you are under the water the sharks really put you at ease. Tigersharks are surface dwelling sharks so even thow you are way out in open water your dive depth is only about 5-8 meters giving you as much dive time as you have air. After about 40 minutes you can start to identify each shark by markings and even their personality. They are like kittens NO JOKE. Towards the end of the dive the tiger sharks get acustomed to you and start to swim close enough that you can run your hand across their side as they swim past. I was wearing bright yellow fins and every once and a while a full grown tiger shark would come up to me calmly and slowly..he would mouth my fin(not bight just mouth) realise it was not baight and swim off. I got about an hour and a half dive time on scuba followed by a half hour of skin diving with them. If you are a diver and in or around Durban I would say that this is simply an experience you simply cannot miss out on.....It was amazig to be in such close contact with such wonderful animals

Umkomaas is the English spelling, Mkomazi is the Zulu spelling

May I ask how much it costs?
It seems that the price is much more frightening than any shark.
Thanks,
Sabrina

Yeah I went diving there too, but only at Raggie cove. We saw about 5 sharks total and the biggest was around 10ft. Raggies are pretty chilled out sharks and they didn't need to chum the waters to bring them.

I know they also do a shark course where you get to dive with Tigers and such but I didn't have enough time unfortunately.

What was the name of the group you went with. I believe mine was called the "Whaler" but need to double check.

I also did a cage dive down in Hermanus/Gaansbaai, that was amazing, unfortunately "our" shark wasn't very "playful" but it was still an amazing experience to be in the water with a GREAT WHITE.

Trekker

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Originally posted by trekker:
I also did a cage dive down in Hermanus/Gaansbaai, that was amazing, unfortunately "our" shark wasn't very "playful" but it was still an amazing experience to be in the water with a GREAT WHITE.

Ever since I saw the movie "Jaws," I have been terrified but fascinated by sharks. However being the adventurous girl that I am, I never let fear hold me back. So I hope to one day get the money and courage to do the Great White dives.

Evelyn

I am sure you will not only have the courage but thoroughly enjoy it too. I hope you have a "playful" shark. Ours was only mildly interested in us.

Being afraid of sharks was the whole reason I did the dive. As a scuba diver my 2 biggest fears are sharks and jellyfish. Now I have almost conquered my fear of sharks, just have to get used to the idea that small blobs of jello can really hurt.

Trekker

If you don't fancy the cage, you can do a great dive at the two oceans aquarium in the waterfont, I did a review of it here http://www.southafricalogue.com/travel-tips/two-oceans-...no-cage-no-fuss.html

I have still not done the cage dive yet, waiting for someone to offer it without tanks, to make it truly perilous