SHARK Dive, Fiji (March 5, 2026)
There’s nothing like seeing a shark while you’re scuba diving. These beautiful animals are amazing to watch … especially in the wild. But, sadly, it’s rare to see a shark during your scuba dive. Generally, sharks stick to their territory and if you come across one, they are usually headed in a different direction … and fast. So it’s more like getting a glimpse of a shark rather than hanging out with one. That is, until today. Today, in Pacific Harbour, Fiji redefined what a scuba dive with sharks COULD be.
THIS close and without a cage. Epic day today watching 20+ sharks!
My son Will clocked it first. On our way to our AirBnb a few days ago here in Pacific Harbor, Will noticed a sign that said something about diving with sharks. “We HAVE to do that!” Elena was uncertain and I was suspect. Normally, a promise of seeing sharks is “overselling” the dive.
But I read all about it on the company’s website, Beqa Adventure Divers and, if anything, they UNDERsold it. Upon entering the water, there was not one, but multiple sharks swimming below us. As we dropped down to 30 meters (about 100 feet), this was our view:
Many sharks swimming around what looks like an under water arena
And then once all ten of us scuba divers were “settled” kneeling on dead coral, the real show began. The master divers swam above the sharks with a metal box full of 20 to 30 tuna heads inside. The smell attracts the sharks and they “bump” open the box to get the tuna head(s) while the master scuba divers control the slow release of said tuna heads. This turns into a feeding frenzy right before your eyes (or should I say mask and BCD). None of of have seen anything like it.
Then after 15 minutes, we swam up to 15 meters and the master scuba divers fed the sharks … BY HAND. So here we got face to face with sharks as they were being individually fed.
Witnessing multiple sharks being hand-fed by our instructor
We stayed at 15 meters for another 15 minutes before going to 5 meters where the feeding continued while we did our safety stop — only instead of 3 minutes, we were there for another 20 minutes. The way this works is that the bull sharks (the largest in the area after the tiger sharks) are fed at the deepest part of the dive. Then some of them continue to the 15 meter spot, and at the 5 meter spot it’s all black and white reef sharks. They get smaller as you go up, but no less impressive. This was an epic dive.
And yes, I have pictures and video from the company, but they need a few days to do the edits. I’ll re-post here once I have all the still pictures and videos that were captured for the day. But what I’ll share is the feeling of what it was like when an apex predator is about a foot away from your face:
Too close? Maybe, but it never felt unsafe … even during the frenzy
If you’ve been following my blog, you know I’ve had some epic dives in the Philippines and Thailand (just to name a few). And over the past 30 years, I’ve had the opportunity to dive in the Red Sea (Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt), the Cathedral Dive (Great Barrier Reef in Austrailia), and many dives in Hawaii, Mexico, Jamaica, St. John, USVI, and many islands located in the Caribbean. Never have I witness a shark feeding frenzy and felt so completely safe and at ease. Sharks are such beautiful animals and often misunderstood. Today was down right magical and I highly recommend it if you have the opportunity.
