Tiger Shark Diving in the Bahamas 2016 Trip Report

Tiger shark over green sea grass
photographing tiger sharks in the Bahamas
EF16 – 35mm f/2.8L II USM

Diving with Tiger Sharks and Photographing  in the Bahamas 2016

The trip always starts with the packing.  I packed as efficiently as possible. Years of experience has taught me what I need and what is not necessary.  I picked up a nice bottle of rum to enjoy after the dives and to with the delicious and fresh meals.


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Tiger shark Bahamas dive boat

My Equipment

Canon 5D MKIII

Nauticam Housing

EF16 – 35mm f/2.8L II USM

EF15mm f/2.8 fisheye

Glass dome ports

2 Inon Z 240 strobes

Backup:  a 2nd Canon 5D MKIII and Nexus housing (this one is a MKII housing converted for the MKIII)

We boarded the boat in West Palm Beach and were on our way to the Bahamas overnight.  After the stop for customs and immigration checks we headed out to deep water for our first dives.

Lemon shark mouth wide open
EF16 – 35mm f/2.8L II USM
Caribbean reef shark
EF16 – 35mm f/2.8L II USM

The first sharks to react to our chum and scent trail were the lemon sharks and some caribbean reef sharks.  It always takes a few dives to bring in the tiger sharks. The day there was just  one small one then by the last day we were attracting 5 at a time.

Tiger shark passes over
EF16 – 35mm f/2.8L II USM
tiger shark with sunburst
EF 15mm f2.8 Fisheye
Tiger shark swims over eel grass
EF16 – 35mm f/2.8L II USM
Tiger Shark with remora
EF16 – 35mm f/2.8L II USM

During the course of the dive week, the captain moves the boat to different locations.  One of my favorite is the beds of eel grass with their green glow.  We also anchor near a reef where we can get shots of sharks cruising over the sponges and fans and also see some reef fish.

A tiger shark with a damaged mouth seems to snarl
a tiger shark with a damaged mouth (from a hook) seems to snarl at us. EF 15mm f2.8 Fisheye
Tiger shark over green sea grass
EF 15mm f2.8 Fisheye

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reef shark and sea grass
EF16 – 35mm f/2.8L II USM

All of these images were processed with Adobe Lightroom tools.

Using the Lightroom Dehaze tool with underwater photos

diving with tiger sharks near a Bahamas reef
EF16 – 35mm f/2.8L II USM
reef shark swims over a Bahamas reef
EF 15mm f2.8 Fisheye
Two tiger sharks swim past divers
EF16 – 35mm f/2.8L II USM

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