These guys were acting like clowns. As long as they knew that at any moment that Tiger which is a notorious maneater in relation to statistics/availability of food then I have no problem with their actions. Humans are part of the eco system as well but personally I would never provoke a shark of such raw power and inherent natural instinct to consume things. They are called the garbage men of the sea for a reason
You guys were molesting that shark! And the poor fish almost look sedated by the trauma of having its dignity violated. You can molest it and make it lose its natural cautiousness of people, feed it and make it associate people with food, and then your just changing the natural disposition of things. And every-time a swimmer, snorkeler, or diver is near by it will go and take a look, and they won't have the advantage you guys have of knowing it's their and seeing it approach. RULE 1 LOOK BUT...
@mamoderawat Its a 17 ft Tiger Shark, not a bear that learns that there is food inside a soft-top jeep in yellowstone, or a yellow finch that doesnt fly north because you left birdseed in your feeders for too long. Trust me, it doesnt give a fuck about people. Your hand or a chunk of fish...the fish just fights a lot less and probably tastes a little less like rubber.
@bsigpolo I can tell you that that shark is nowhere near 16/17 feet and is closer to 11 feet MAX!. Either that or the divers where 12/13 feet giants. Sharks do learn and do adapt their hunting strategies. When a Killer Whale kills a Great White Shark, upon the smell of the blood of its own species, the other GW's learn to dive to as deep the region allows n usually leave the area. Note, first they go down, then they leave the area. Tiger Sharks can also learn and adapt, but its less researched
@THEkidNurCLOSET We were out of Beqa Lagoon, but dove with the shop that is always out there. the name is escaping me at the moment. The guys basically promised that we wouldnt see any as they hadnt been there in months, which is probably why everyone (including the shark) was looking so confused. And to think i almost passed it up
I really don't understand why everyone is being so critical of this footage and the diver's reactions.
This footage is the main video that changed my opinions of Sharks. It shows that Sharks aren't mindless killers, because if Scarface the Tiger shark wanted to eat these divers, she would have. However, these divers are obviously fending for their lives!
I would have been grateful to these dive masters as they are keeping everyone from harm and the prospect of very serious injury!!!!!!
What a pack if flippin idiots! Keep your mitts off that fish, what the hell were you thinking. If my last dive master was with you, (Claire) she would have been cutting your air hoses 1 by 1 with my knife! I wish that fish saw a meal in one of you oxygen thieves. On top of that, your kicking up the reef with your flippers like you own it. Look at the damage your doing! Piss off! This sucks I'm out of here...
What a pack if flippin idiots! Keep your mitts off that fish, what the hell were you thinking. If my last dive master was with you, (Claire) she would have been cutting your air hoses 1 by 1 with my knife! I wish that fish saw a meal in one of you oxygen thieves. On top of that, your kicking up the reef with your flippers like you own it. Look at the damage your doing! Piss off! This sucks I'm out of here...
What a pack if flippin idiots! Keep your mitts off that fish, what the hell were you thinking. If my last dive master was with you, (Claire) she would have been cutting your air hoses 1 by 1 with my knife! I wish that fish saw a meal in one of you oxygen thieves. On top of that, your kicking up the reef with your flippers like you own it. Look at the damage your doing! Piss off! This sucks I'm out of here...
What a pack if flippin idiots! Keep your mitts off that fish, what the hell were you thinking. If my last dive master was with you, (Claire) she would have been cutting your air hoses 1 by 1 with my knife! I wish that fish saw a meal in one of you oxygen thieves. On top of that, your kicking up the reef with your flippers like you own it. Look at the damage your doing! Piss off! This sucks I'm out of here...
We are headed to Bequa on Thanksgiving Day with our dive shop. I am so excited and YES, we are going to do a shark dive. She is such a beautiful creature, I'm glad the DM's were there to guide her away from the other divers. I have been told they are rare to see on a dive.
I too have done this dive and were warned we would have to wait to go up if she arrived late. Spooked?? Definitely not, looking for food?? Yes. These are a very agressive shark, she was far from scared.
Not touching, pushing away is sometimes necessary.
An experience not too be missed, this was my first open water dive since first qualifiying to dive and I am hooked.
too many people, too much time spent touching the shark. that poor thing is probably as spooked as the divers, maybe more so because it was out-numbered and none of you were feeding her. if you just follow and observe at a close distance, you could probably get some awesome footage of a shark eating or something. i hate it that so many divers feel the need to touch everything. when im out there, its no-touch, just observation. i see and learn so much more.
Thank you for all the comments so far, especially to matty and salesman, who have clearly also done this dive. It was an incredible experience, and one that will stay with me forever. in response to a couple comments; there weren't options once the shark showed up. she got there late in the feeding, after we had ran out of poultry and fish. our divers had told us that they had not seen a tiger at the feeding in the last month, so we were not even expecting her.
agree with matty, i was there too. our tiger did come this close but not too many turns. for everyones safety it is nescessary to have fed the shark and push it away if too intregued . how would you like to have a 5 metre tiger 2cm from your face. personally i shat my pants when it was less than a metre away. great dive and my divemasters were absolute Legends!!!!!!!!!
I am rather shocked that the dive master/ instructor allowed fellow divers to be so invasive and touch the sharks in a rather aggressive and overwhelming manner. Beyond the security hazard, I still believe that people dive because they love the underwater environment and the environment generally. If this is true, divers should be deeply respectful and humble visitors in the water, not like what I was able to see here.
I am also very fortunate to have done this dive and lived in Fiji for quite some time geting to know them very well.The Divers handling the shark are actually very skilled Dive guides who dive with a incredible amount of Knowledge of the water having grown up in the water from a very young age as many Fijians have. They are actually moving the shark away from the underwater guests if you look more closely. It was a unfair comment promoting bad publicity for Beqa Divers.
I have been a diver since I was 10, and long before that a swimmer and lover of the ocean and animals, and fully realize that each time i enter the ocean, i am far from the top of the food chain. i think it is pretty clear that nobody in the video went out of their way to 'touch' or disrespect the shark. every time i touched the shark was when it directly came at me, within arms length, and i felt i was in danger. without our beqa divers, i doubt any of us would have been able to keep our cool
I have been a diver since the age of 12. This was completely irresponsible behaviour. The Tiger Shark is one of the biggest and most dangerous sharks in the world and these amazing animals should be observed and respected from a distance.
@CokiLori Pretty much. "[T]he tiger quickly overstays its welcome and decides to make several passes at myself and the other divers" Yes, I'm sure it had nothing at all to do with the cluster of half a dozen divers surrounding and chasing after the tiger and jabbing it with cameras, poles, and hands. Yikes-- Gonna use this video as an example of poor diver etiquette, and what NOT to do in a shark encounter.
It seems to me that the divers overstayed THEIR welcome. Even a dangerous shark can be surprisingly 'cooperative' with divers and it can even be touched. But that doesn't mean that the shark should be cornered and touched while being already being outnumbered. There are numerous moments in the video where the shark clearly wants to get out of the way only to swim into the claws of other divers. Always offer the shark an escape! Very poor diving practice indeed!
By the way, it's perfectly normal for tigersharks to be inquisite and to make passes at divers, and other objects. They want to know if you're edible and they do that all the time. And since there is enough food, you as a diver do not qualify.
@CokiLori have to agree and look at the damage this people are doing to the reef. Shame on these divers. Don't touch the fish or the reef. Wish that shark had a hunger for scuba divers that day. This video stinks.
That tiger shark is not sure what is going on.
TheDiveLog 5 months ago
The music is great. What is it?
gargamelJesus 5 months ago
These guys were acting like clowns. As long as they knew that at any moment that Tiger which is a notorious maneater in relation to statistics/availability of food then I have no problem with their actions. Humans are part of the eco system as well but personally I would never provoke a shark of such raw power and inherent natural instinct to consume things. They are called the garbage men of the sea for a reason
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JohnnyMac2237 7 months ago
What a gorgeous looking Tiger. Risky, but wouldnt mind experiencing that kind of stuff. Save the Shark, spread the word.
dj17q 10 months ago
I am going to there to scuba dive I hope I see some sharks
dapaintballer1 10 months ago
You guys were molesting that shark! And the poor fish almost look sedated by the trauma of having its dignity violated. You can molest it and make it lose its natural cautiousness of people, feed it and make it associate people with food, and then your just changing the natural disposition of things. And every-time a swimmer, snorkeler, or diver is near by it will go and take a look, and they won't have the advantage you guys have of knowing it's their and seeing it approach. RULE 1 LOOK BUT...
mamoderawat 1 year ago
@mamoderawat Its a 17 ft Tiger Shark, not a bear that learns that there is food inside a soft-top jeep in yellowstone, or a yellow finch that doesnt fly north because you left birdseed in your feeders for too long. Trust me, it doesnt give a fuck about people. Your hand or a chunk of fish...the fish just fights a lot less and probably tastes a little less like rubber.
bsigpolo 1 year ago 3
@bsigpolo I can tell you that that shark is nowhere near 16/17 feet and is closer to 11 feet MAX!. Either that or the divers where 12/13 feet giants. Sharks do learn and do adapt their hunting strategies. When a Killer Whale kills a Great White Shark, upon the smell of the blood of its own species, the other GW's learn to dive to as deep the region allows n usually leave the area. Note, first they go down, then they leave the area. Tiger Sharks can also learn and adapt, but its less researched
mamoderawat 1 year ago
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mamoderawat 1 year ago
p.s beautifal footage
THEkidNurCLOSET 1 year ago
omg i was just there and we wanted to see a tiger so bad, what dive shop did you go with?
THEkidNurCLOSET 1 year ago
@THEkidNurCLOSET We were out of Beqa Lagoon, but dove with the shop that is always out there. the name is escaping me at the moment. The guys basically promised that we wouldnt see any as they hadnt been there in months, which is probably why everyone (including the shark) was looking so confused. And to think i almost passed it up
bsigpolo 1 year ago
I really don't understand why everyone is being so critical of this footage and the diver's reactions.
This footage is the main video that changed my opinions of Sharks. It shows that Sharks aren't mindless killers, because if Scarface the Tiger shark wanted to eat these divers, she would have. However, these divers are obviously fending for their lives!
I would have been grateful to these dive masters as they are keeping everyone from harm and the prospect of very serious injury!!!!!!
jesuslovescock1 1 year ago
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What a pack if flippin idiots! Keep your mitts off that fish, what the hell were you thinking. If my last dive master was with you, (Claire) she would have been cutting your air hoses 1 by 1 with my knife! I wish that fish saw a meal in one of you oxygen thieves. On top of that, your kicking up the reef with your flippers like you own it. Look at the damage your doing! Piss off! This sucks I'm out of here...
carlynculver 1 year ago
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What a pack if flippin idiots! Keep your mitts off that fish, what the hell were you thinking. If my last dive master was with you, (Claire) she would have been cutting your air hoses 1 by 1 with my knife! I wish that fish saw a meal in one of you oxygen thieves. On top of that, your kicking up the reef with your flippers like you own it. Look at the damage your doing! Piss off! This sucks I'm out of here...
carlynculver 1 year ago
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What a pack if flippin idiots! Keep your mitts off that fish, what the hell were you thinking. If my last dive master was with you, (Claire) she would have been cutting your air hoses 1 by 1 with my knife! I wish that fish saw a meal in one of you oxygen thieves. On top of that, your kicking up the reef with your flippers like you own it. Look at the damage your doing! Piss off! This sucks I'm out of here...
carlynculver 1 year ago
What a pack if flippin idiots! Keep your mitts off that fish, what the hell were you thinking. If my last dive master was with you, (Claire) she would have been cutting your air hoses 1 by 1 with my knife! I wish that fish saw a meal in one of you oxygen thieves. On top of that, your kicking up the reef with your flippers like you own it. Look at the damage your doing! Piss off! This sucks I'm out of here...
carlynculver 1 year ago
i dont know how you remained calm when it was so close. i was pretty jumpy when a medium sized reef shark swan directly at me!!!!
gazelias 1 year ago
We are headed to Bequa on Thanksgiving Day with our dive shop. I am so excited and YES, we are going to do a shark dive. She is such a beautiful creature, I'm glad the DM's were there to guide her away from the other divers. I have been told they are rare to see on a dive.
AnnaL0602 2 years ago
I too have done this dive and were warned we would have to wait to go up if she arrived late. Spooked?? Definitely not, looking for food?? Yes. These are a very agressive shark, she was far from scared.
Not touching, pushing away is sometimes necessary.
An experience not too be missed, this was my first open water dive since first qualifiying to dive and I am hooked.
Awesome footage!!
kx250grl1 2 years ago
too many people, too much time spent touching the shark. that poor thing is probably as spooked as the divers, maybe more so because it was out-numbered and none of you were feeding her. if you just follow and observe at a close distance, you could probably get some awesome footage of a shark eating or something. i hate it that so many divers feel the need to touch everything. when im out there, its no-touch, just observation. i see and learn so much more.
poetyouknowit 2 years ago
Amazing video.
I wonder why the shark came so close in the first place? Did you use some kind of bait etc? (that would also explane why the shark was so curious)
A reason why he came back again and again could be that he was touched at it's nose.
I know that white sharks often come back to someone to be touched at the nose again. this somehow changes the shark's behavior.
And I saw reef sharks reacting in the same way.
BugMagnet 2 years ago
Thank you for all the comments so far, especially to matty and salesman, who have clearly also done this dive. It was an incredible experience, and one that will stay with me forever. in response to a couple comments; there weren't options once the shark showed up. she got there late in the feeding, after we had ran out of poultry and fish. our divers had told us that they had not seen a tiger at the feeding in the last month, so we were not even expecting her.
bsigpolo 3 years ago
agree with matty, i was there too. our tiger did come this close but not too many turns. for everyones safety it is nescessary to have fed the shark and push it away if too intregued . how would you like to have a 5 metre tiger 2cm from your face. personally i shat my pants when it was less than a metre away. great dive and my divemasters were absolute Legends!!!!!!!!!
salesman990 3 years ago
I am rather shocked that the dive master/ instructor allowed fellow divers to be so invasive and touch the sharks in a rather aggressive and overwhelming manner. Beyond the security hazard, I still believe that people dive because they love the underwater environment and the environment generally. If this is true, divers should be deeply respectful and humble visitors in the water, not like what I was able to see here.
CokiLori 3 years ago
I am also very fortunate to have done this dive and lived in Fiji for quite some time geting to know them very well.The Divers handling the shark are actually very skilled Dive guides who dive with a incredible amount of Knowledge of the water having grown up in the water from a very young age as many Fijians have. They are actually moving the shark away from the underwater guests if you look more closely. It was a unfair comment promoting bad publicity for Beqa Divers.
DucatiMatty 3 years ago
I have been a diver since I was 10, and long before that a swimmer and lover of the ocean and animals, and fully realize that each time i enter the ocean, i am far from the top of the food chain. i think it is pretty clear that nobody in the video went out of their way to 'touch' or disrespect the shark. every time i touched the shark was when it directly came at me, within arms length, and i felt i was in danger. without our beqa divers, i doubt any of us would have been able to keep our cool
bsigpolo 3 years ago
@bsigpolo
I have been a diver since the age of 12. This was completely irresponsible behaviour. The Tiger Shark is one of the biggest and most dangerous sharks in the world and these amazing animals should be observed and respected from a distance.
classynash 10 months ago
@CokiLori Pretty much. "[T]he tiger quickly overstays its welcome and decides to make several passes at myself and the other divers" Yes, I'm sure it had nothing at all to do with the cluster of half a dozen divers surrounding and chasing after the tiger and jabbing it with cameras, poles, and hands. Yikes-- Gonna use this video as an example of poor diver etiquette, and what NOT to do in a shark encounter.
TheMagnificentHazo 1 year ago 12
@TheMagnificentHazo especially a tiger shark encounter ;P
Iodrome 1 year ago
@TheMagnificentHazo
Exactly!
It seems to me that the divers overstayed THEIR welcome. Even a dangerous shark can be surprisingly 'cooperative' with divers and it can even be touched. But that doesn't mean that the shark should be cornered and touched while being already being outnumbered. There are numerous moments in the video where the shark clearly wants to get out of the way only to swim into the claws of other divers. Always offer the shark an escape! Very poor diving practice indeed!
archietherobot 9 months ago
Do not sit on the coral ! (at 2:09)
By the way, it's perfectly normal for tigersharks to be inquisite and to make passes at divers, and other objects. They want to know if you're edible and they do that all the time. And since there is enough food, you as a diver do not qualify.
archietherobot 9 months ago
@CokiLori have to agree and look at the damage this people are doing to the reef. Shame on these divers. Don't touch the fish or the reef. Wish that shark had a hunger for scuba divers that day. This video stinks.
carlynculver 1 year ago
This is bad-ass. I don't know what your choices could've been but staying in the water and touching it is crazy.
QMED 3 years ago 2
Hello??? Hungry shark. Unprotected people, and someone is laughing?? You people are CRAZY people. But thanks for sharing it. Wow.
wrytrzcrmp 3 years ago