July 2018 - Scoot In-flight Magazine
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DEEP WATER<br />
ENCOUNTERS<br />
Tick off a favourite bucket list<br />
item of many by swimming with<br />
sharks like it’s no big deal – no<br />
diving licence required!<br />
LICENcE UP<br />
So, you want to take it up<br />
a notch by becoming a<br />
certified diver? These<br />
PADI-accredited diving<br />
schools have got you.<br />
Singapore<br />
Gill Divers Pte Ltd<br />
37 Hongkong Street<br />
Singapore<br />
gilldivers.com<br />
01<br />
SEA LIFE SYDNEY<br />
AQUARIUM<br />
Sydney<br />
Previous divers who have<br />
gone into the deep end with<br />
sharks at SEA LIFE Sydney<br />
Aquarium claim that<br />
underwater encounters here<br />
are hands-down the<br />
ultimate Sydney<br />
experience. With colonies of<br />
grey nurse sharks lazily<br />
swimming around you, the<br />
opportunity of interacting with<br />
them in their natural habitat is<br />
not to be missed.<br />
Average fee: A$299<br />
sydneyaquarium.com.au<br />
Athens<br />
Athens Divers Club<br />
Km 49 Athens to<br />
Souniou Avenue<br />
Anavyssos, Attiki, Athens<br />
athensdiversclub.com<br />
Bali<br />
Bali Scuba<br />
Jl. Danau Poso No. 46<br />
Denpasar, Bali, <strong>In</strong>donesia<br />
baliscuba.com<br />
Chennai<br />
Dive Chennai<br />
168/3D Pattipulam,<br />
ECR Road, Chennai<br />
divechennai.com<br />
Kuala Lumpur<br />
Divertainment @ Lakeview<br />
Club<br />
Jalan 12/1, Subang Jaya<br />
Selangor, Malaysia<br />
divekl.com<br />
02<br />
PLANET SCUBA<br />
BANGKOK<br />
Bangkok<br />
Get up close—and we mean really<br />
close—with at least 30 shark species<br />
such as sand tigers, black tips, and<br />
tawny nurses inside the main dive tank<br />
at Siam Ocean World Aquarium.<br />
Moreover, you can have your photo<br />
taken while submerged and swimming<br />
among fishfolk. Oh, snap!<br />
Average fee: 6,900 Baht<br />
sharkdive.org<br />
03<br />
NORTH SHORE SHARK<br />
ADVENTURES<br />
Hawai’i<br />
Spend 20 exhilarating minutes inside a<br />
lowered-down cage to rub elbows (or in<br />
this case, fins) with Galapagos and<br />
sandbar sharks along the northern shores<br />
of Oahu. North Shore Shark Adventures is<br />
dubbed the top cage diving shark<br />
operator in Hawai’i and promises<br />
guaranteed mano (shark) sightings.<br />
Average fee: US$120<br />
sharktourshawaii.com<br />
WORDS ARA LUNA-RESTON PHOTOGRAPHY PLANET SCUBA, DREAMSTIME<br />
64 SCOOT
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