As you can see this is a very large boat. But I am not writing this to talk about boring old war ships. No, I am writing this to talk about the crazy day of diving that I had. It was a day that was all about the animal everyone fears in the open water. Yes, I am writing to tell you about the sharks that I encountered.
The first i saw on this battleship. There were four of us diving on this ship and a nurse shark came out of the ship right into the middle of all four of us. it was like it didn't really know that we were there. It saw us and just bolted, it swam around two of us really fast and luckly I was fast enough to smap off a picture. 
This is a nurse shark and it was about 5 to 6 feet long. These sharks are pretty harmless and stay away from people.
The other shark that we found on this ship was actually asleep. 
After a few pics were taken another diver that was watching all this started moving his hands around like he was trying to get my attention. At first I didn't know what he was talking about and then a split second later I was freaking out! I thought he was telling me that the shark had woken up and was moving around. Now, keep in mind that I am in 90 feet of water and breathing 3 times the normal amount of oxygen which can and will play some really mean tricks on your mind. So, I am in 90 feet of water with nitrogen narcosis playing games with me a thinking that a 7 foot shark is mad at me for waking it up. I just froze. I couldn't turn around. The Jaws theme has started playing in my head and only making me freak out more. Once I finally made myself turn around I discovered that the shark had not moved and the other diver was talking about something else entirely. What a rush.
Now we get to the part of my day where all the guys will go, "Man, that is awesome, I wish that I could do that!" And all the girls will just think that i am crazy and that I should never do anything like this again. Let me give you a little background. Discovery Channel did a show about the top 10 most dangerous sharks in the world. Number seven on that list was the was the Gray Reef Shark. They average 5 foot in length and have the best hearing of any shark in the water. Well after our final dive we decided to pull up anchor and just let the wind and the current take us where ever. During that time a 7 to 8 foot Gray Reef decided to come up to the boat and chech us out. Well we were hitting the water and the side of the boat and I got the bright idea to grab my camera and stick it in the water to try and get some pics of it. then another guy decided to put the ladder in the water so I could climb down and get in the water and get some better pictures then I was getting. Like the typical guy that I am, I agreed to it. The only thing that i wouldn't do was take my feet off the ladder or let ease up on the death grip I had on the boat. At one point the shark came swimming right up to me. I jumped out of the water and on the boat only to the other divers amusement. After we located the shark I climbed back down on the ladder to get more pics. Later I realized that I was tresspassing on the territory of one of natures mose feared and skilled hunters for just some pictures (I would do it again if i got the chance).
Okay, okay, I will show you what I came up with. Keep in mind that since I would not take my feet off the ladder and the sea was bouncing the boat up and down and I was literally shaking in my boots the pictures came out a little fuzzy on the edges. But you can still enjoy the in your face shark pictures thanks to my crazyness. 
And now my personal favorite and the one that made me jump back in the boat...
The famous honeycomb grouper fish. Most of the time these are hard to spot.
These little guys just stand out compared to the Honeycomb fish.
