Shark Photo Gallery

September 28, 2026|Author: Chris Haysey|Reading time: 10 mins
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Shark Photo Gallery

Shark Photography from the Bluewater Team

From close-focus portraits and dramatic silhouettes to wide-angle encounters in blue water, this gallery showcases some of our team’s favorite shark images from around the world.

Photographing Sharks with Respect

Great shark photography starts with patience, preparation, and respect for the animal. Every encounter is different, and the best images often come from calm observation rather than chasing or crowding wildlife.

When diving with sharks, always follow local regulations, listen carefully to operator briefings, maintain appropriate distance, and avoid touching, blocking, or harassing animals. Responsible photography helps protect the subjects we are privileged to see.

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Chris Haysey

I’m Bluewater’s SEO and Content Manager, focused on growing our organic traffic and turning divers’ online research into real trip enquiries. I develop and execute our SEO strategy, manage our content calendar and freelance writers, and make sure our destination guides, blogs and trip pages perform well in search while staying accurate and genuinely useful for divers.

Originally from the UK, I’ve spent much of my adult life living and working overseas, including Greece, Türkiye, Egypt, and across the Caribbean in Antigua, Margarita in Venezuela, Bonaire, Aruba, Curaçao, St Lucia and now Barbados. In my twenties and thirties I travelled as a professional watersports instructor and centre manager, running windsurfing, kitesurfing and sailing operations for hotels and specialist resorts before setting up and managing my own award‑winning watersports businesses in St Lucia and later in the UK.

Alongside this hands‑on watersports career I’ve held senior marketing roles for a variety of companies, from motorsport teams to outdoor activity centres and travel training providers. At Bluewater, I draw on this mix of practical experience and digital marketing know‑how to develop content that reflects real destinations, real dive conditions and real guest expectations. When I’m not working on the website, you’ll usually find me windsurfing, kitesurfing, diving or exploring new coastlines on a paddleboard or mountain bike.

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