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Re: Sharks in the BVI
[Re: Sunflower]
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08/15/2017 04:46 PM
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Uh, it IS the ocean. Yes, they DO live there. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Yikes.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Sharks in the BVI
[Re: HillsideView]
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08/15/2017 04:52 PM
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What kind of shark? All I've seen while snorkeling from the boat has been Nurse sharks.
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Re: Sharks in the BVI
[Re: Sunflower]
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08/15/2017 06:44 PM
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Pictures? My bet is that it was not a shark. When you say by the boat, did you mean up around the boat or on the bottom near the boat? Up by the boat? My bet is that it was a Remora they look a lot like a shark and do hang around boats.
Jim Sailmoby II
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Re: Sharks in the BVI
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08/15/2017 07:06 PM
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Sharks exist in BVI. Seen, Bull, Lemon, Nurse, Black Tip while diving and have seen a Tiger after it was caught. With all that said I have not heard of any shark attacks.
I have also seen Cobia which look like sharks and as Jim says Remora can look like a shark to an amateur.
Mike
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Re: Sharks in the BVI
[Re: Sunflower]
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08/15/2017 07:26 PM
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I think we've seen some type of shark almost every trip, even this past trip. Nurse, reef (black tip), lemon. Always smaller ones, except for some large nurse sharks off the cay of Cinnamon Bay. They don't care about you. About 15 years ago we saw my wife's friend on Cinnamon, "they said" they saw a small hammerhead on the backside of Waterlemon Cay, dunno? A large tuna swam by me in the same spot where the big drop off is, that startled me! BUT, they are there and we like seeing them.
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Re: Sharks in the BVI
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08/15/2017 09:10 PM
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There are sharks at all the islands the majority are Nurse and Lemons who live and sleep in the shallow waters near the island. Black tips,Tigers and Hammerheads are around but toward the evening. And yes there have been some people bit
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Re: Sharks in the BVI
[Re: trueblue]
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08/15/2017 09:15 PM
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trueblue said: In 22 years I have seen sharks at Monkey Point, and in the Bight. Have never been bothered, but then again didn't stay in water long after seeing them. In all that time I am not sure I have ever heard reports of close encounters with sharks. Frankly I am more worried about barracuda than sharks. As a long time diver, I have never heard of a barracuda attack. I have heard of some shark attacks. Barracuda generally stay to themselves. I agree with everything all my diving friends are mentioning.
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Re: Sharks in the BVI
[Re: sail2wind]
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08/15/2017 10:19 PM
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At some of the dive sites (Ginger steps?) the reef sharks have become quite bold. Apparently, the spearing of lionfish is attracting them and they have been coming very close on our recent visits, where they used to circle just on the periphery of visibility.
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Re: Sharks in the BVI
[Re: Sunflower]
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08/16/2017 02:01 AM
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Sunflower said: This shark was a few feet from the boat. My husband was just checking the keel. Possibly 15 to 20 ft. He estimated the shark to be about. 5 ft. I length. Yes, as to previous poster, I am aware we are in the ocean. We have snorkelled in the BVI several times in the past few years, but have never had the pleasure of a shark encounter. I have now learned a lot about the kind of sharks to watch for. Thanks all!! If the beast appeared to by "five feet" under water through a mask using the norms of human eye measurements in air workout a mask and water? The actual size would be closer to 3 feet. Underwater with a mask everything will appear at least 1/3 larger. More if we are scared. Even a shark of five feet is a pup with a tiny mouth. More likely what was witnessed was a remora or cobia seeking the shade under your hull. That would be a very normal and benign experience:<sub></sub>
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Re: Sharks in the BVI
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08/16/2017 06:28 AM
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Most people snorkeling and diving in the BVI don't see sharks that often because they are looking down at the bottom rather than out near the surface. The majority of toothy sharks swim toward you take a look and depart and the snorklers are none the wiser. We see sharks nearly every trip with the majority being black tipped reef sharks. In 30 years I have seen two large tigers if I don't count the whale lunch at the Rhone. One surprisingly was on the wreck of the fearless in the SFD. Start looking out not down and you will see more sharks. Pic from Norman Island. [img]http:// [image]http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee251/sailvi767/IMG_0246_zpsni0yts9h.jpg[/img][/image] G
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Re: Sharks in the BVI
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08/17/2017 09:57 AM
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Hell, I live 130 miles from the ocean, up the Chesapeake Bay. I have no doubt that there are sharks up my way (most likely Bull sharks). If it's the ocean or attached directly to it, there are sharks... period. Now, that being said, with all of the scuba diving and snorkeling I've done in the BVI I have only seen a couple of sharks, and with only one exception they were nurse sharks. I'd stay out of the water around Anegada at night, but other than that I don't really think (or worry) about them.
... DIF all the time...
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Re: Sharks in the BVI
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08/17/2017 03:37 PM
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Windlass Bight is a shameful exhibition. Most of the bight is only a foot or so deep and those sharks doin' it right there in public! And more than one at a time!!! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/jester.gif" alt="" />
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. - Mark Twain
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Re: Sharks in the BVI
[Re: Sunflower]
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08/19/2017 02:03 PM
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One of my crew was snorkeling in Great Lamshur Bay (USVI) wearing something like a black wetsuit. We saw her swatting and pushing something and watched what looked like a shark swimming around her. Presently she calmly swam back to the boat and said it was a remora trying to attach to her <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Blush.gif" alt="" />
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