me, "on assignment" at helmet dive site

helmet "dive"	shark feeding
"spirit of the pacific" submarine
view of submarine guests	polynesian bbq spot
outrigger canoes

Luke and I spent almost seven hours today on a speedboat ("Taxi Motu") with Olivier, jetting around the island taking photographs of various tourist activities here in Bora Bora. Unfortunately, all of the underwater activities were plagued with murky water, perhaps as a result of the brief rain that hit the island two days ago. This made shooting photographs difficult, but I think I managed to get a few that are publication quality.

It was really neat to shoot the "Spirit of the Pacific" submarine from the outside (we were at almost 80 feet in depth). The visibility wasn't the best today, so it seemed that we were the main attractions for the guests inside the submarine. Because I was shooting with a digital camera, I could snap photos and immediately turn the camera around to show the submarine guests what I had taken. It seemed to excite them. :)

The shark feeding was pretty interesting as well. The people doing the feeding chummed the water and started throwing around chunks of raw fish when the sharks and rays arrived. Feeding sharks seem very nervous! They swim quickly and turn sporadically. It's strange to see, because most of the time when you see them in the water they swim in a very relaxed manner, often hanging motionless in current while divers struggle to stay in one place. Amazing fishies.