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This was our last day at Tiger Beach, and we managed to get 4 dives in totalling around 5 hours of underwater time.

For me one of the highlights was watching the small Tigers sniffing around in the sand for dead fish, and then working some scraps through their jaws. We also saw a large Tiger flex it’s jaw outwards out of it’s mouth, and got a good idea of what the bite radius of one of these sharks would be. It was a pretty fearsome sight and a good reminder just how dangerous the Tiger Sharks are, just in case anyone had gotten too complacent around them. Jim Abernethy’s words of warning from early in the trip came back to me.. “If a Lemon bites you I can take care of that. If a Tiger bites you you’ll die out here”.

By the end of our 4th dive all of our group were tired and agreed we were finished, and as we rinsed off our gear I said a silent, sad goodbye to the Sharks of Tiger Beach. The week was an incredible experience that we’d repeat again in a heartbeat if we can ever afford to fly back from New Zealand.

The crew of the “Shear Water” were great and maybe someday we’ll get to see Ed, Lew, Wade and Jim again. I hope so.

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