Shark Cage Diving Oahu
This was something we had really been looking forward to, shark cage diving offshore of Oahu's North Shore. We booked with Hawaii Shark Encounters because their website seemed a bit more conservation and research based. Heidi, Mark, Jason and I met the boat at Haleiwa harbor a little after 8am after camping out the night before. With 11 passengers we headed out about 3 miles offshore where they had already set up the cage that morning. Heidi was the first one into the crystal clear water. We could see a large, dark shadow of a shark from above the water before even getting into the cage. We only needed snorkel gear, just like in South Africa, and then could hold onto the inner bars of the cage to stay below water. I tried to stay at the bottom of the cage to take pictures and avoid all the bubbles from the sharks thrashing at the surface. I also wanted to avoid being told to get out. If I'm under water I can't hear you... We...