Rob: It really has been an exciting few days. We have dived a few dive sites I haven’t dived this year. We went to these sites as many divers have been bragging that they have seen between 20 and 30 Black Tip Reef Sharks on the dive and also around 4 Leopard Sharks.

On one day we visited Hin Bida. It is a dive site in between Koh Lanta and Koh Phi Phi. Its a great site for doing a second dive of the day as the maximum depth is 18 meters. We got our depth and followed the sandy floor in search of the resting Leopard Sharks. After around 40 minutes my friend came the other way giving me the Shark sign and pointing me in the right direction.

This is a short video of the Leopard Shark we spotted. If you take your time you can slowly swim up to it very closely. There is a special feeling when you get to lie down next a shark.

The shark swam off so we slowly followed it in to around 6 meters of water. What a surprise when it stayed with us for the next 10 minutes swimming around. What a great way to make a safety stop.

After a couple of days we headed over to the Phi Phi Islands. When we arrived at the dive shop Gannon was explaining about all these Black Tip Reef Sharks being sighted at Palong Bay. Now normally we start in the bay and go South. So I gave all the divers the choice. Either go find a Turtle and Ghostpipefish or we can turn right heading North and stay shallow to go in search of the Sharks.

Obviously everyone wanted to turn right with very excited grins on there faces but we where not sure what to expect.Swimming over to the rock I looked down to see a Leopard Shark resting on the floor so we dropped straight down. What a great start! After this we headed in the shallows around 10 meters. Wow! after 5 minutes the first shark came into view then the next then 3 came round a rock together maybe all around 1.5 meters in length. Sadly not all guests got to see these which was pretty frustrating as maybe they wouldn’t believe me. So we carried on diving and got our depth finding a nice turtle, box fish, shrimps and a juvenile harlequin sweetlips but no more sightings of the Sharks.

After around 40 minutes we headed back into the shallows around 6 meters and cruised back. Before you knew it there where Black Tips cruising every where. It was so good and exciting that the 60 minute maximum dive time was simply ignored and we ended up diving for 73 minutes.

When I got on the boat I skipped lunch and went back in with Tid one of the boat boys as he has never experienced a Black Tip before. Knowing where they hang out now we went straight there. Not even 1 minute dive time and we had experienced 2 sharks already but that was quickly topped with 2 more sharks cruising around a rock in front of us with a big boy cruising through on the left shortly followd by 4 more. Yep 7 different Sharks in 30 seconds all in 6 meters of water. I can’t wait to go back!