My neighbor in Belnem told me that two days ago while snorkeling at Batchelor's Beach, he saw a good-sized tiger shark at the drop-off. Someone else told me a shark was also seen by someone standing on a porch at Belmar looking down into the sea. Anyone else seen the shark?

probably rumpunch on Tuesdaynight ;-))

Hey, anything's possible, but there was a guy staying on Bonaire one year that continuously kept referring to having numerous sightings of Humbolt Squid in Bonaire's waters (uh, wrong ocean and wrong size)...and even after 250 or so dives on Bonaire, the profile of a tarpon in the shadows on a day without the best of visibility still has me wondering whether it's a shark or a tarpon....and I'm sure plenty of people doubt the fact that about 10 of us snorkeled in a pod of 100 pilot whales two years ago in the deep blue between Klein Bonaire and Oil Slick Leap.

We'll be back in 6 days....guess I'm just about ready.....

The oceans a big place with no walls , fences . Sharks live in the sea . I had a similar experience in Maui coming upon a full grown Tiger laying on the bottom . It was the days when people thought sharks had to swim to survive. I thought...I had found a dead shark . When i dove down to snap a photo his head did a near 360 degree turn to see who was behind him . I got another photo and he was gone before i could blink. I walked on water back to the beach only to be told by the locals I saw a big wahoo.
My photos with my little automatic camera show a silhouette of the beast . It hangs on my wall to this day . Oh yeah...the next year a fellow Canadian swimmer was eaten by a similar beast at the same beach , Olowalu

I'm at Belmar now. And after a lengthy count; everyone still has all their fingers and toes. Did see a really big parrot fish though. But that's not quite the same, is it

a shark was spotted yesterday at Divi Calabas Reef

what kind of shark? Nurse shark,reef shark,hammerhead,card shark, or land shark?
Makes a difference.

Probably a Land Shark......... us parrotheads are EVERYWHERE.

One of the Divemasters saw it from the boat, could not see what kind, so sorry, no landshark

I spotted Landshark at the new liquor store across from Lover's.

Would've loved to have seen a real shark while there though.

Hey somebody through that puppy some scraps so it stays around for 1 more week!..Have a new camera this year

I've been using my wife for bait. she snorkels around above me and thrashes about. No Tiger yet, but scares the bejesus out of the rest of the fishys

I saw what I believe to be a Reef Shark at Oil Slick in September. I'm no shark expert, but the id is based on discussions with Al at the Black Durgon afterwards. The only thing I KNOW for sure about it is that it was NOT a nurse shark, it was out "in the blue", it had a relatively large tail, and was approx. 5-7' in length. I was too excited to look for various fin details that would have helped id it later...

I've seen shark while diving Bonaire. They were beautiful babies sharks hanging around SW Corner.

I put this together for the fellows we dived with on the Hooker, but the last half of the clip was of the sharks I mentioned above.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvZFQXaWMxo

I'm diving Bonaire 29 years and I have never seen a shark while diving. I have seen a small shark in the shallows of Lac. A friend of mine, Francis, he works on a tug for Bopec tells me he hooked one years ago fishing and released one that found its way into a fish trap but that was many years ago. As for using your wife for bait, try a small cut on her leg.

Can I borrow a wife? I'm pretty sure mine wouldn't be up for being bait. Damn funny post to me, though.

They werent really sitting on the Hooker.....

So if the shark can be lured for regular shark feeding at Bachelors beach or alternatively
Windsock when the cruise passengers come in, then I wont have to worry when snorkelling on Klein.

I am after all a wife, and Canadian and with undoubtedly some bleeding scratches from some stumble in the shallows.............

I want to live through at least two more Bonaire trips. Help!