Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Playa Bull Sharks - Protocols!


Love it!
Just stumbled upon it now - but better late than never!

These are the Bull Shark diving protocols of Phantom Divers.
Inclusive of the part about not touching any stray bait, they are basically exactly what we brief here, this obviously taking into account that their dive happens on sand and ours, in a reef environment. E.g., where they use a rope as delimitation, we were able to build coral walls and position cement slabs. Real interesting to witness how commercial Shark feeding operations words apart end up coming up with the same rules - and reassuring, too!
If I had to add one suggestion, then it would be to provide all guests with black gloves because pasty hands sticking out of dark wetsuits might be easily mistaken for bait, this especially in reduced visibility.
But all-in-all: brilliant - provided that everybody sticks to it! :) 

Enjoy!



2 comments:

jsd said...


'If I had to add one suggestion, then it would be to provide all guests with black gloves because pasty hands sticking out of dark wetsuits might be easily mistaken for bait, this especially in reduced visibility.'

Agree 100% which is why it is so alarming to see Eli interfering with sharks - trying to putting them into tonic immobility for his audience - while on top of a bait box WHILE WEARING A WHITE/PALE BASEBALL HAT inches from the baited-in and presumably confused shark. I should have thought decapitation is a real possibility but then what do I know? - I'm just someone applying a little common sense.

DaShark said...

I honestly think those Tigers are way smarter than that.

They better - I gallivant about with a white shiny bald head sticking out of a black wetsuit!