Dive With Sharks
Hanan Atia
“Did you know that The global shark diving industry generates $314 million per year, directly supporting 10,000 jobs?”
Ecotourism is one of the fastest growing sectors of the tourism industry, and experienced divers are especially keen to see sharks - but what happens when someone is afraid of sharks? Or they have never spent time with them in the water?
Our goal with “Dive With Sharks” is to show individuals that their fear of sharks is something based off of:
Hollywood Tall Tales
News Media sensationalizing shark stories
Decades old pseudo fears that have been culturally instilled without us even being fully aware
How do we plan to change minds? Simple. Dive With Sharks!
The best way for someone to get over a fear, is to face it. This is what our “Dive With Sharks” program aims to achieve. Through citizen science we plan do document the feelings, knowledge, and general human awareness about sharks both BEFORE their open water dives, and AFTER. We hypothesize that most (probably all) will change their minds and lose their fears of sharks.
ARE YOU READY TO DIVE WITH SHARKS?
Hanan Atia
Freedive with sharks & support the research
Want to swim with sharks while simultaneously helping to Save The Sharks?
If you’ve never been in the water with sharks, or have fewer than 10 shark dives, fill out the form below to get more information!
READY TO BOOK YOUR SHARK DIVE?
We are absolutely in love with sharks!
Actually, we're SO in love, that we want to study how shark behavior affects humans both in and out of the water. We use the responses from our post dive surveys to better understand human behavior and knowledge when it comes to sharks, sharks in the media, individuals willingness to get more involved in shark conservation, and more!
Are you a dive operator interested in helping us out with our research?
Use the button below to request our Shark Dive Interaction Survey!