Shark Sucker

Beqa Lagoon, Fiji.  This past July I had the wonderful opportunity of traveling to Fiji and diving with the shark feeders of Beqa Lagoon.  To the people of Beqa, sharks are sacred spirits with whom they share a special relationship.  Divers visiting Fiji may accompany the islanders on a shark feeding for an up close and personal look at bull, silvertip, tawny nurse, blacktip reef, whitetip reef and tiger sharks.

The above picture is one of my favorite from the experience.  This is one of the Fijian divers ascending to the surface following the shark feeding.  The fish swarming around him are primarily remoras and rainbow runners, attracted to the remaining food in his feed bucket.   Ocean conditions were extremely excellent this day, offering top to bottom visibility at 100ft of water.  This is the kind of scene I can lurk in forever.  I never want to leave the blue on warm, clear days like this.

Elizabeth Studies Sharks

Alameda, California. This past July, my friends Rob and Elizabeth Eubanks spent several weeks in the Bay Area as part of a summer-long RV trip across the country. We had some great times together before they headed down to San Diego, where Elizabeth joined a NOAA shark research cruise for a couple of weeks. Today, I stumbled across an article in Palm Beach's Sun Sentinel, focused on Elizabeth and the sharks! It also mentiones yours truly as her source for finding out about the opportunity. Read About It Here. Congratulations Elizabeth!

Included here is a photo of the two of them enjoying Dim Sum in Chinatown, along with a very classy video of Dr. Eubanks chowing down...