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Originally Posted by Defiance Inc
We swam with the sharks in Hawaii, even though we were in a cage it was still pretty intense!  |
I did a few open swim dives on the south side of Kauai last summer, and it was a little boring in terms of reef diversity, but I did get to see a few sharks. They said we might get to see a few reef sharks, which are docile. As we were descending, I saw a nice plump one and ditched the group to get a few pictures (I am the worst dive buddy ever!) When I surfaced, the divemaster told me I was really brave for swimming up to a Galapagos shark. She said that they hadn't seen one on that side of the island in over a year, and that people go cage diving on the north side to see them. I told her that it was more a matter of
ignorance than bravado - I thought it was a gray reef shark.
Anyway, here's a pic of the guy...
I'd love to go on a cage dive with Great Whites, but the locations all seem to be either really far away or really cold.
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There is a place near Cabo where you can swim with sailfish. They found
it a couple years ago. Its an annual occurrence where they gather for the mating season, then disperse.
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Awesomeness! I'd love to do that
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And there is another place off baja where you can get in a cage where
great whites are swimming around you. 
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My boyfriend went without me on that one a few years ago (he had booked it well before we met) - he really liked it. Unfortunately, there's a 17 hour part of the boat ride where the swells run diagonally across the boat's path - even people that normally don't get seasick were miserable. I get queasy just in movies where there's a lot of handheld camera; I'd be fucked.