The Leopard Shark

This is the leopard shark a.k.a. Zebra shark because it has black and white stripes when it is a juvenile. This is one of 3 leopard sharks which we were so fortunate to see during our dive at North Point. Out of 3 groups, our group were the ones who managed to see these slick swimming sharks thanks to our experienced dive guide Tuk. He decided bring us out into the blue hoping to see the big stuff.

This particular one was actually swimming with another one before it turned around and landed here to hangout. It was a great moment.

After taking pictures of this fella we headed back to our boat. Visibility on this dive was an amazing 40 metres. On the way back, again we saw another leopard shark right at the bottom of the seabed. This time it was a full grown 11 and a half feet in length. We were at about 20 metres when we saw this fella 20 metres or more below us. Crazy! Its dark silhouette appearing so clearly way beneth us looked so cool you have no idea.

We saw a lot of new, interesting & rare marine life this trip but this really was the highlight for us.

-AA-