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I didn’t change my camera batteries before the first dive, and as a result I ran out of camera power after 2 minutes. As it happened, that turned out to be a good thing as we ended up with 3 large Tigers on this dive and 2 of them circled each of us in turn. The worst part was when 2 Tigers swam towards me then split to both sides and circled me in different directions, making it impossible to keep my stick between both of them or watch them both. It was a very hectic dive and would have been even harder with a camera.

The 2nd Dive was a lot calmer and gave me time to shoot some video and stills. The 3rd Dive was the highlight of the day, as a 16ft Great Hammerhead came in for a look at us. Unfortunately, he didn’t get close enough to me for a decent photo but it was incredible just being in the water with this large prehistoric-looking fish.

We did a night dive this day, and as 8 of us nervously prepared to get into the water with the sharks Wade (The Chef) had the funny idea to play Jaws on the video player inside the cabin and blast the music outside. In a strange way, the humour of it calmed me a little and made my step into the water easier. He might have been nice enough to spare us the opening shark attack though, as I could have done without donning my gear to the sound of a woman’s death screams!

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