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Diving with tiger sharks with Active. As most divers will tell you, tiger sharks are one of the most unpredicatble sharks in the ocean. We have gone to great lengths in order to provide you with safe and incredible tiger shark diving.

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Diving in South Africa is what we call the adrenaline rush of scuba diving. Sharks galore, famous wrecks and currents that will make you throw away your alarm clock! In South Africa its all about shark diving. Protea Banks / Aliwal Shoal are known by many as the world's best dive sites for diving with sharks. We have a 95% hit rate of seeing sharks on each dive!

Have a look below at the schedule yourself! It is awesome. Remember this is a specialist shark diving expedition. Everyday our aim is to see sharks. For every trip here we GUARANTEE that you will see sharks or we give you all your diving for free!

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“Simply mind-blowing!!!...I have never had a dive like it. It has to be a must for every diver .” Paul Frankly

Money Back Guarantee - Diving with Sharks Durban - South Africa. We aim to see a few species of shark during the week: Tiger sharks, bull sharks, raggies, duskies, black tips and more. T&C's apply. Limited places available...more info...GO

Tiger Sharks

Appearance
Unmistakable requiem shark with a very short, blunt snout, labial furrows and big head. Spiraculi present. Slender body behind the pectoral fins. Origin of first dorsal fin over free ends of pectoral fins. Low keels on caudal peduncle, slender and long caudal fin.

Coloration
Dark grey with vertical tiger-stripe markings; can fade or be obsolete in adults.

Distribution
Worldwide in temperate and tropical seas. Western Atlantic: Massachusetts to Uruguay, Gulf of Mexico, Bahamas, Caribbean. Eastern Atlantic: Iceland and possibly the UK (due to the warm Gulf Stream), Morocco, Canary Islands, possibly Mediterranean, Senegal to Ivory Coast. Indian Ocean: South Africa to Red Sea, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Thailand, Vietnam. Western Pacific: southern China, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia. Western central Pacific: Palau, Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands, Tahiti, and Hawaii. Eastern Pacific: southern California to Peru, Galapagos.

Biology
This species lives in coastal and pelagic waters, from the surface to about 140 m depth. Wide tolerance for different marine habitats, but seems to prefer turbid waters. On or adjacent to the continental and insular shelves. It is often found in river estuaries, close inshore, in coral atolls and lagoons. Tiger sharks are nocturnal and can show diel cycles of movement inshore at night into shallow waters and retreat to deeper water during daytime. Tiger sharks are mainly solitary.

Feeding
Probably the biggest variety of food of all sharks. They feed on fishes, sharks, turtles, birds, invertebrates and even garbage. Such a wide spectrum has often been interpreted as being an unspecialized feeder. However this could reflect a highly specialized adaptation to their biology. Tiger sharks are one of the largest sharks of all and need a lot of food. Their uniquely shaped teeth are highly evolved and therefore allow them to feed on different food items, preventing potential food shortages that could arise with selective feeding.

Size
Average size about 400 cm to 650 cm. Maximum total length probably 800 cm.

Reproduction
Aplacental viviparous (ovoviviparous), between 10 and 80 pups per litter. Size at birth between 50 cm and 75 cm. The pups are very slender and look different than the adults, different markings are present too. Slow growth.

With thanks and acknowledgemnt to http://www.shark.ch/index.html - Shark Info / Dr. Erich K. Ritter - Shark Foundation. Diving with tiger sharks. Tiger shark diving. Diving with sharks.

Our diving holidays have been tailored around our diving community. We know when and where to see specific marine life. So much so we even offer MONEY BACK GUARANTEE diving holidays...GO