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Alert Diver is the dive industry’s leading publication. Featuring DAN’s core content of dive safety, research, education and medical information, each issue is a must-read reference, archived and shared by passionate scuba enthusiasts. In addition, Alert Diver showcases fascinating dive destinations and marine environmental topics through images from the world’s greatest underwater photographers and stories from the most experienced and eloquent dive journalists in the business.
Alert Diver is the dive industry’s leading publication. Featuring DAN’s core content of dive safety, research, education and medical information, each issue is a must-read reference, archived and shared by passionate scuba enthusiasts. In addition, Alert Diver showcases fascinating dive destinations and marine environmental topics through images from the world’s greatest underwater photographers and stories from the most experienced and eloquent dive journalists in the business.
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OCEANIC WHITETIP SHARK, CAT ISLAND, BAHAMAS<br />
Cat Island is a rarely visited island ringed with blinding white sand and achingly beautiful water.<br />
It is also a special location that redefines our often dubious opinion of the oceanic whitetip<br />
shark (Carcharhinus longimanus). When I slipped into the deep velvety blue off the southern end<br />
of the island to meet a half dozen circling oceanics for the first time, I brought my respect, if<br />
not my fear. Belying their reputation as man-eaters, these predators were calm, methodical and<br />
unbelievably beautiful as the bright Bahamian sun danced across their backs.<br />
Oh yes! When I owned and operated my dive store starting at the age of 22, most guys didn’t want<br />
to ask me anything about dive gear, diving or spear guns. They would all look at my partner and<br />
defer to him for everything. He would purposely defer back to me, and I would end up taking over<br />
the conversation and giving the guy the information he was looking for. Surprise! We always giggled<br />
about how a 22-year-old woman could possibly know so much about this “man’s world” of diving.<br />
I still occasionally get an amused look when I’m gearing up for a dive with my camera system in<br />
hand, followed by the words, “Boy, that camera is bigger than you are; can you handle it?”<br />
Clearly she can handle the camera, as the images that follow so artfully attest.<br />
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