I cage dived with a great white

[wise_rita]

I find this an apporpriate venue to share this.  In case you were wondering, it was amazing!

Here are a few pictures:







They're kind of crappy because they're stills from a GoPro video, but they are photographic evidence!

This was a total bucket list item for me, and I totally recommend it to anyone who's a shark lover like me.

[Waffles]

I'm still in awe.

[iammalcolmx]

Oh hell naw.....

[gaudi]

Looks amazing!

DH did it before we were together and insisted we keep extra copies of the photos in the firebox because it was pre-digital photos.

Have you done a dive with the hammerheads? DH said it was equally exhilarating.

[magdala]

Wow that is incredible! No way in hell would I do it; but it's still incredible!

[AnnaConda]

This is absolutely amazing! I would love to do this. Where were you?

[itsme]

Agh!! DH and I have been discussing doing this. Where did you go? It's about $800 out this way and I'm not sure it's worth that much.

[Deleted]

Wow!!!

[kirstinb]

Man, I thought swimming with black tip reef sharks was scary. This is far above my level of ballsiness. Good for you!

[wise_rita]

I did it off of Port Lincoln, South Australia which is a PITA to get to from Adelaide. BFE, really. The boat takes you to the Neptune Islands.

It was SO not scary, people! The shark didn't want to eat the fish that were hanging around, much less me.

[sunnysally]

Thanks for sharing your pictures! We are doing this in September when we go to South Africa. We dove with Galapagos sharks in Oahu, but they are so small compared to the Great Whites.

[wanderlustfoodie]

Amazing photos!

[steph196]

Absolutely amazing! That is something on my bucket list!

[scout8]

Wow! What a great experience!!

[mpc]

I would love to do something like this! too cool!

[margarita]

This is amazing!

[Shreddingbetty]

Very cool. My FIL did that in Africa when he was in his 70s (my MIL declined but they were both scuba divers in the past). Maybe one of these days we will do that too

[PinkSquirrel]

I want to do this so badly. It has been at the top of my bucket list for far too long. There's actually a place in CA that does it, which seems a bit more doable in the near future than South Africa or Australia (these are more not doable because we have higher vacation priorities).

[neonpink]

Those are amazing. My H really wants to do this. I probably will too. How did your gopro footage come out from inside the cage?

[KKD]

Wow! I think I am too chicken for that!

[G22]

That's super cool! My H wants to do this someday, me not so much.

[Alyssa]

I would be freaking out from the safety of the dining area on the boat. Just looking out a window and seeing a fin would scare me.

[Wanderista]

You are awesome. I kind of want to pee my pants just from looking at the photos but well done.

[thebulldog]

OMG OMG these photos are awesome.
I would have freaked out!

[CloudBee]

Oh my gosh! That is so exciting.

We've gone swimming with sharks a couple times in the South Pacific, but nothing as intense as this!

[CloudBee]

Apr 29, 2014 17:00:05 GMT -5 wise_rita said:

I did it off of Port Lincoln, South Australia which is a PITA to get to from Adelaide. BFE, really. The boat takes you to the Neptune Islands.

It was SO not scary, people! The shark didn't want to eat the fish that were hanging around, much less me.

How long were you in Adelaide?  What else is there to do there?

I want to hear more about your trip to Port Lincoln. Drive/fly?  Did you spend the night?  Tell me about the accommodations on the boat.  What did they feed you?  How long did the excursion last?

Really, I want to know ALL about your trip. 

[wise_rita]

Jun 2, 2014 8:44:28 GMT -5 CloudBee said:

Apr 29, 2014 17:00:05 GMT -5 wise_rita said:

I did it off of Port Lincoln, South Australia which is a PITA to get to from Adelaide. BFE, really. The boat takes you to the Neptune Islands.

It was SO not scary, people! The shark didn't want to eat the fish that were hanging around, much less me.

How long were you in Adelaide?  What else is there to do there?

I want to hear more about your trip to Port Lincoln. Drive/fly?  Did you spend the night?  Tell me about the accommodations on the boat.  What did they feed you?  How long did the excursion last?

Really, I want to know ALL about your trip. 

We actually only stayed in Adelaide one night (the night before our 9 a.m. flight home).  We were planning on going to the Barossa Valley or McLaren Vale wine regions, but got distracted by the Flinders Ranges (outback mountain range) instead.

Because we went up to Flinders Ranges we drove.  From Adelaide to Flinders Ranges, then down to Port Lincoln and back to Adelaide.  Had we just been going for the sharks we would've flown.  It's a 45 minute flight or 5-6 hour drive.

You have to stay in Port Lincoln overnight 2 nights, as the boat departs early in the morning (6 something a.m.) and gets back late (9:30 p.m.).  There is another company (Rodney Fox, I believe) that does overnight shark trips, which would be awesome.  We just did a day trip on Calypso Star.  There's lots of snacks and food on board, typical mostly cold food I've had on boats in Australia.  There's shark documentaries playing on TV all day.

Let me know if you have other questions.  I loved it so much and would totally do it again!

[sergey]

Wow, that is my biggest fear. Well, minus the cage is my biggest fear but I don't think the cage would keep me from dying of fright. That's amazing.

[CloudBee]

Thanks for sharing, rita! What an incredible experience.

[HamishHealys]

Those are incredible pictures. … off Port Lincoln, South Australia? The experience must have really been something. How I wish I were 35 again! Thanks for sharing.