Fiji Sharks!

I'm in Pacific Harbor, Fiji. Today is an off day for me. Yesterday and the day before were my first two dive days with Beqa Adventure Divers, operators of Fiji's famous "The Shark Dive". They, and quite a few of their prominent guests call it the world's best shark dive. I'm beginning to think they might be right. I've done four of my ten scheduled dives with them in the Shark Reef Marine Sanctuary, and I'm pretty sure they are my four best shark dives ever!  And that's considering that the weather sort of sucks and less than half the sharks are here now because it's nearing birthing season for the Bulls.  We "only" had about 30 VW bus sized Bull Sharks at the site yesterday. They tell me that after the birthing season, they can have 80 to 100 Bulls at a time. That would be mind boggling (and something I surely need to come back to experience). As it is, 30 huge Bull Sharks buzzing back and forth gives you the feeling of being in the middle of an epic dogfight. Despite the intense action, the dives have an almost serene feel. The sharks know the program, Beqa Adventure Divers know the program, I have the feeling that if you go where they tell you to go and do what they tell you to do, all is cool. I'm posting a few stills from one of my dives, but to be honest, it's difficult for a still photo to do justice to the choreography of the experience. It's like grabbing stills out of a ballet. The moments in time are cool, but they don't capture the fluid grace of these beautiful creatures. You'll just have to wait until I get back to Bali and post a video to get the feel of it.