Liveaboard diver killed from shark attack off the coast of Florida
February 26th, 2008 Filed Under Uncategorized
Via the Palm Beach Post.
A diver on a live-aboard out of Florida was killed from a bite to the leg during a shark dive put on by the live-aboard. I’ve yet to participate in one of these chummed water shark experience without shark cages, but it just kind of seems like a bad idea, doesn’t it? According to the article, the Bahamas Diving Association sent requests to dive operators to stop doing shark dives inthe name of safety. It is not legal to do these types of dives in American waters.
Read the article here.
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That’s why I like diving the great lakes - I don’t have to worry about sharks or eels or necrotizing fasciitis, etc, and I get a boat load of wrecks (pun intended)
http://www.divethegreatlakes.com