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Old 17-04-2006, 16:12
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Originally Posted by CeeGee
Just to reassure you, I have done a fair bit of diving around Thailand and Malaysia and the subject of sharks is just not a problem.If you do manage to see a shark it is usually some way off in the distance and more often than not swimming away from you.
Well, the leopard(zebra) sharks are quite common, though they tend to be asleep on the bottom if and when you encounter them. One time we jumped in at Shark Point having been warned that the name was a misnomer and it was highly unlikely we would see any sharks, and dropped straight down onto a 2m leopard with a big hook in its mouth. But you're right, leopards are not a threat to people and there's not much else in the way of big elasmobranchae, at least not in the day-trip range from Phuket.

Any good ray sites near Phuket? I'm toying with the idea of an August dive trip...
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