Shark Diving

Planning a first shark dive? These guides cover cage versus scuba, whether you need a certification, how it feels, clothes, cost, fear, and how this is not an aquarium walkthrough. Search a ZIP when you are ready to find an operator.

Two different tickets:

• Cage: you are in a cage. Many trips do not require a scuba card.
• Guided scuba with sharks: you are in the water column with an instructor or guide. A card or a supervised try-dive applies.

Reef snorkeling where a nurse shark happens to be is the Snorkeling, not this hub.

Start here

• What Is Shark Diving?
• Cage Dive vs Scuba With Sharks
• Do I Need a Certification to Shark Dive?
• Is Shark Diving Scary?
• Can Anyone Go Shark Diving?
• What Does Shark Diving Feel Like?
• What to Wear Shark Diving
• Common First-Time Shark Diving Questions

Planning

• How Much Does Shark Diving Cost?
• Shark Diving vs Aquarium
• Where to Go Shark Diving in the United States

Quick Facts

• Two products: cage, or guided scuba
• Cage often has no cert
• Scuba-with-sharks follows dive-shop rules
• Not an aquarium tunnel
• Best first step: What Is Shark Diving?