Shark dive advice?

[subzero]

Now am preparing my self for the adventure of my life, am heading to the read sea,marsa alam ,they told me that it is garanteed to dive with sharks there......ohhhhhhhhh

Am really afraid and wondering will i come back home or my life adventure will end with a disaster!!! i hope not

So any body can help be with some insturction to ensure that i will be back to my girl.
Advice will be appreciated

[Sharky1973]

I hope you wil enjoy it,and dont be afraid,you will be back home man and i will tell you a small tip for shark diving,and one of the most important shark diving rules.
While diving, try to behave like a well-mannered 'guest' - remember that you are a visitor in the shark's living room. Let any shark you encounter approach and investigate you on its own terms. Do not chase, corner, grab, knife, spear, or touch the shark in any way; it is a wild animal that will defend itself if it perceives itself to be threatened (though in all likelihood, if you do behave in a way that seems threatening to it, the shark will simply swim away, rather than snap at or bite you - but it's best to not take that chance or otherwise force the issue).
Good luck with your dives.

[Red sea shark]

Try to avoid staring directly at the shark. (In my experience, sharks are very aware of a diver's eyes and seem to dislike being stared at as much as you or I do.) Instead, watch it from 'the corner of your eyes'. For your own safety, however, it is important that you do not loose sight of the shark while it is in your immediate vicinity. Remain vigilant for several minutes after the shark has apparently left, to be sure that it has, in fact, gone.
During your encounter with a shark, remain motionless - preferably on or near the bottom large or rapid movement on the part of a diver often frightens a shark into fleeing and may startle it into defensive attack.

Just be a smart diver then you will be safe,Good Luck Man.

[Daniel101]

Do not use bait or otherwise attempt to feed a shark while underwater. Feeding contexts radically change the character of a shark's investigative behavior, and may lure other sharks, adding a competitive 'wild card' factor to the mix. Under such conditions, a shark encounter can change from wonderful and serene to downright dangerous in a fraction of a heartbeat. Leave shark feeding and working with baited sharks to the professionals.

[Helena1982]

Reduce your vertical profile in the water; crouch down on or near the bottom or orient yourself horizontally in the water column (sharks often seem more unnerved by height than length - perhaps because the vast majority of creatures it encounters are longest horizontally, in the direction of travel.
Avoid clustering with other divers (sharks often seem to perceive tightly packed groups of divers as a single, large, and altogether frightening super-organism). Remain close enough to your buddy to maintain safety, but relatively far away from other such buddy pairs. Leave solo diving with sharks to the professionals.

Try humming quietly into your regulator (almost any tune with a simple but not-too-regular rhythm works pretty well .Or try clinking two rocks together or clanging the butt of your dive knife against your scuba tank - these simple techniques are sometimes quite successful in luring a curious shark closer to investigate. If you have a brightly-colored camera housing or reef gloves, they may also help pique a shark's curiosity - but do not attempt to gesture while wearing such gloves: they may look edible to a shark.

Enjoy it man....take care

[BigBen]

Am sure you wan to know when its clearly obvious when you have to leave the water immidiatlly.

Observe the behavior of the shark very carefully. If it appears excited or agitated (quick, jerky movements; pectoral fins held stiffly downward; abrupt change in swimming style; overall increase in muscular tension) or otherwise begins to swim in an erratic manner, leave the water immediately, by increasing the distance between you and the shark, it will relax somewhat and either make good its escape or return to its former. It may be relatively safe to remain in the water after that.

Be aware of the behavior of fishes and other creatures in the immediate area: if they suddenly dive for cover, appear to behave erratically or in an agitated manner, leave the water immediately. Trust your diver instincts - if something just doesn't 'feel' right about the situation, leave the water immediately.


Have fun man

[Jack]

I find all the answers here are pretty useful and i will also add 1 tip to the list.
If you must surface while a shark is in your immediate vicinity, for example, to low air supply: move slowly and deliberately, never loosing sight of the shark. Swim directly to your pre-planned exit site. Avoid a long surface swim, which is tiring and may leave you vulnerable to attack from below; when you arrive at your exit point, exit the water smoothly but efficiently. Incidentally, if you spot a shark from the surface and choose to dive with it, enter the water quietly, using a controlled seated entry rather than a giant stride entry - not only are you less likely to frighten away any nearby shark, but I have seen sharks react with great excitement to the commotion caused by such a spectacular, noisy entry; in an excited state, a shark can become dangerous in an instant.

Above all, enjoy the experience. You will almost certainly remember the encounter long after the shark has forgotten you.

[Mako]

Wow that sounds scary! The encounter with sharks is a privilege and something fantastic. All these techniques in this thread are for encounters with a big shark looking aggressive. Then yes, I would say go to the ground or wall and move slowly out of the area following the wall or the ground. In the blue take arms and legs together and stay immobile. In more than 3800 dives I never encountered something like that. All sharks I meet were scared of me. I had to behave in order to approach them. Some just ignored me but never one aggressed me... they are just like other fishes. Forget about this idea that it is a killer machine that attacks everything moving. If humans would be on the menu list of sharks it would be impossible to enter the water even for swimming! Also I never heard about an aggressive attack of a shark to defend himself! He just swims away!
I love to see sharks while diving and I saw some bigger than me and I am still alive.
Mako

[DiveDevil1966]

Shark Diving is just great. I have been living and working in Africa for many years and was very fortunate to encounter sharks on many occasions. It is a shame that "sharks" have this stigma attached to them, to be aggressive man eating monsters. Quite frankly they are not. Not even the Great White and Bullshark. There are many different species out there, and last year I had one of the most spectacular experiences of my entire life. I have been swimming with whalesharks in the Gulf of Mexico. What an experience to be so close to such a fantastic creature. It was just awesome.
We should learn more about sharks. For various reasons humans kill 100 Million sharks per year. This is all wrong and hopefully understanding and learning more about sharks and their importance to a healthy ecosystem will safe these wonderful animals for the future.

[julio]

Red Sea doesn't have that many sharks really! For those that want to guarantee meeting sharks, go to South Africa.

Aliwal Shoal is great, Aliwal Shoal Dive Site

so is Protea Banks:
Protea Banks Dive Site

Sharks in abundance!!!!