JAWS
We lay on the beach today from 11:00 till 6:00. At about 5pm when all the day trippers had gone, most of the part time beach goers had gone for a shower, I swam out into the sea (probably further than I should), and bumped into a few sharks! We had heard that they are around when it gets quiet, so on my swim out (with snorkle and mask) it felt a bit quiet and eerie, so I supsected I may see one or two, but with a little apprehension i carried on. Sure enough about 200m out to sea I spotted the first shark, it was only small and it took me a while to work out what it was. Once my eyes had acustomed to it I started to see all the other hundreds swimming around me, some were atleast 2 meters big, with big fat bellies and angry faces. I managed to hold my bowels together and dived down to their level to face them as not to appear scared. It was an awesome moment I shall never forget.
After 15 minutes i swam back to shore to tell Sam what had happened, being the slightly crazy, some what scary at times woman she is she grabs the mask off me and shouts 'Show me them ... NOW'. We only have one mask and snorkle so I have to swim out with her (She isn't that hard) to show her the sharks. Sure enough at about 200 meters she pops her hand over her head to signal a shark dorsal fin, then, much to my amusement she opens her arms to describe how big it is. Now you must understand that it is one thing to have a mask and be able to see the shark, know where it is, and watch that it doesnt start freaking out, and its another thing to just be traeding water knowing that somewhere beneath you is a 2 meter long shark! I was crapping myself. Sam soon also begins to crap herself and we head back to shore, but on the way back she informs me that water is full of about 100 sharks all swimming around, she is struggling to make herself swim towards them, but with a little shove from myself we manage to make it back to shore, a little bit amped.
They were Black tip reef sharks, just like the one in the picture below. Apparently they aren't harmful, but hell its still a ******* shark !
Awesome
Chris
After 15 minutes i swam back to shore to tell Sam what had happened, being the slightly crazy, some what scary at times woman she is she grabs the mask off me and shouts 'Show me them ... NOW'. We only have one mask and snorkle so I have to swim out with her (She isn't that hard) to show her the sharks. Sure enough at about 200 meters she pops her hand over her head to signal a shark dorsal fin, then, much to my amusement she opens her arms to describe how big it is. Now you must understand that it is one thing to have a mask and be able to see the shark, know where it is, and watch that it doesnt start freaking out, and its another thing to just be traeding water knowing that somewhere beneath you is a 2 meter long shark! I was crapping myself. Sam soon also begins to crap herself and we head back to shore, but on the way back she informs me that water is full of about 100 sharks all swimming around, she is struggling to make herself swim towards them, but with a little shove from myself we manage to make it back to shore, a little bit amped.
They were Black tip reef sharks, just like the one in the picture below. Apparently they aren't harmful, but hell its still a ******* shark !
Awesome
Chris
posted by Chris at 2:32 PM
5 Comments:
sam you are unbelievable. i would literally have drowned of fright. and chris - i totally get you. swimming with mask and snorkle = fine. swimming without = vee scary.
tis very strange that my entire family is in thailand. humph.
just got this of the web: "Blacktip Reef Sharks have bitten the ankles of snorklers" ... so mind those legs and feet please!
are you feeling as left out as I am Ruth?
definitely!!! i think we should pack our bags and hop on a plane!
If you're hopping on any planes please take me with you!
Kelly
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