With Xtreme Gap you can learn to dive with sharks. The programme is in South Africa with one of the best shark divers out there.
One of the sharks you can dive with (seasonal) is the Tiger shark. The Tiger Sharks are called like this because of the tigerlike stripes on juveniles, the tiger shark is a voracious hunter! And with Xtreme Gap you can learn to dive with them!
People hunt for the tiger shark for their skin, fins and flesh. The liver of a Tiger shark contain high levels of vitamin A, which is processed into vitamin oil. This causes that the tiger shark needs to be protected, even more so because they have extremely low re-population rates, they now are listed as near threatened throughout their range.
Fast Facts
- Type: Fish
- Diet: Everything
- Average life span in the wild:Up to 50 years
- Size:10 to 14 ft (3.25 to 4.25 m)
- Weight:850 to 1,400 lbs (385 to 635 kg)
- Group name:School or shoal
- Did you know?The tiger shark’s reputation as an indiscriminate eater that will swallow anything it finds, including garbage, has earned it the nickname “wastebasket of the sea.”
- Check our facebook group for more pictures. These pictures are taken on our Sardine run in 2009. Shark Diving pictures.
