We ate breakfast and set up for Dive 5 which was North Horn. This site is not seen by many people so we felt quite priviledged. The current was strong and the depths were down to 1000m so you really had to keep an eye on the ball. Plenty of shark around and visibility was stunning. We were at about 30m and you could still see the hull of the boat quite clearly.
Dive 6, at the same site was the shark feed. The whole group settled into position and the food was lowered.... there were approximately 30 sharks of various types ranging from whitetips, blacktips, grey whaler (biters!) and oceanic silvertips (worse biters!)
When the feed started (frozen whole tuna heads) it was quite serene and I was a bit dissapointed, but I didn't realise the food was stuck in the container and a couple of minutes later when it was finally released mayhem broke loose. It was an absolute frenzy and a real buzz with sobering undertones. One word for it really.... AWESOME... something that we probably will not have the opportunity to experience again.
After the feed we continued our dive, swimming past the now well fed sharks and then ended our dive and had lunch.
Dive 7, at Cypress Hill was good, but sadly we can't remember a single thing about this dive as we were still on a big buzz from shark feeding.
Dive 8, The Entrance was a very cool, relaxing dive. Jen and I being instructors were given free reign on every dive and on this one we didn't see any other divers..... just us in the ocean, watching eel gardens, puffer fish and a humphead maori wrasse was very serene and we both enjoyed this dive alot... just experiencing it together by ourselves.
And, that was the end of the day. Beers and dinner were had before commencing the journey overnight back into Aussie Waters and the Great Barrier Reef.
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