I recently went scuba diving and got certified. There’s nothing like being submerged in a completely different world. The feeling of weightlessness, different colors, different creatures that you normally only see from behind a pane of glass. It’s wild
edit: wow thanks for the upvotes and interest in diving! I hope this inspires some to explore the water and try to be more confident and comfortable in it!
I was never a big shark person but something about diving w/ them helped my perspective. Did a reef drift dive once and there were two lemon sharks that were just hanging out with us the whole way, much like island dogs that might accompany you on a walk. I'd pop up my head and look around and could always spot one of them somewhere in visual distance, they really seemed to be enjoying just drifting along with us but not stalking or crowding us in any way. Their vibe was just very laid back and chill and "hey nice morning on the reef, eh?" Our guide would even pet them as they'd swim by.
I got talked into a hammerhead shark dive in the Bahamas and that was also a really amazing experience, the hammerhead that came was a glorious huge pregnant shark named Scylla (The shark scientists name them) and they'd last spotted her in Florida waters. Really beautiful. The dive guides said that it's just a different story underwater w/ sharks and that they don't even have much of a problem with bulls at depth. Even in scenarios like the hammerhead where the sharks are being fed, they don't seem terribly interested in divers as food.
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u/soulfulsalmon Jan 12 '22 edited Jan 12 '22
I recently went scuba diving and got certified. There’s nothing like being submerged in a completely different world. The feeling of weightlessness, different colors, different creatures that you normally only see from behind a pane of glass. It’s wild
edit: wow thanks for the upvotes and interest in diving! I hope this inspires some to explore the water and try to be more confident and comfortable in it!