Bull Sharks in Fiji with Beqa Adventure Divers
Ok, so Fiji was just a quick, long-weekend get-away with a fellow shark lover. We were actually just trying to use our airline miles before the direct flight from Guam to Fiji was canceled…made it:) We knew we had to do the bull shark dive! So we found Bequ Adventure Divers. We booked our own hotel. We stayed at the South Pearl Resort. It was fine from what i can remember, but we didn't really spend much time there. We also went zip-lining (scarier than bull sharks for sure…I'm a woman of depth, not heights!!!!).
So, we were only able to get in 4 dives. This was winter time for Fiji, I think. it was cold for a girl who lives on a tropical island. It was pretty windy. In fact, the first day of diving we dove a wreck and then a reef. The waters were a bit rough. It was even a bit surfy under the water as well as above. However, the 2 dives were full of colorful life! The variety of the 1st dive was so nice. There was a wreck, a reef, and tons of fish everywhere. Really nice! Then on the 2nd dive, we dove a reef that had 3 different colored leaf fish sitting in the same spot!!! How cool is that!!!
Next day was the BIG day….DIVING WITH BULL SHARKS and possibly a TIGER SHARK!!!!! So we were not fortunate enough to see the tiger shark, but diving with about a dozen bull sharks is pretty EPIC! The way they have this dive set up is idiot proof…very nice:) They have made "coral walls" at each level of the dive for us to lay down behind and just watch the feeding take place. The first level is at about 95-100 ft. There was a handful of bull sharks. This was when I got to see a bull shark open his mouth completely and show all of his teeth…my eyes were the size of softballs!!! But it was too cool! Once our computers started getting fussy, we moved up to about 60ft. A few bull sharks followed, but mostly we watched the reef sharks eat. Still pretty cool.
Diving with BULL SHARKS round 2: On the second dive we didn't do the deep level. But I think they had set up the food in advance because I dove with a DOZEN bull sharks on this dive! I had perfect seating right behind the feeder! These sharks have been trained to go in a certain direction (kind of like lining up in the cafeteria) to get their tuna. My favorite part of this dive was when one bull shark decided to turn towards the coral wall after getting his fish head…he came within 4 feet of my face!!!! I WAS EYEBALLED BY A BULL SHARK!!!! I feel blessed that I have lived to tell these tales:) i hope I get to go back to Fiji some day. I would love to do more than just a weekend trip. I have dove with 8 different shark species. Have viewed a few different shark feedings. Fiji was BY FAR the best shark dive I have ever done!!!
