Author: meghan jones (63.175.186.---)
Date: 07-17-06 12:37
First, let me say that my stay in Culebra has been wonderful. I would stay the rest of my summer, if not longer, if I could. However, there are many people who believe that there are no sharks in the Culebra area, with the exception of, maybe, a few nurse sharks. (The dive shop has dives set up to take you to areas they know to have nurse sharks.) During one fishing trip on Sunday July 16th we saw two different kinds of sharks in two different areas. The first was about seven feet and swam several times within about 100 feet of our boat. This shark, some of the others believed to be some type of reef shark or tiger shark. I did not get a close enough look at it to guess at what species it may be. We were fishing between the north side of Culebra (between Playa Bravo and the Cayo to the north which I believe is Cayo Norte. The other we saw swimming under our boat, after only a few minutes of chumming the water for other fish.We were anchored about 1000 feet from Punta Del Soldado (Souldier Point/Souldier Beach). It looked to be about 4 to five feet in length and had a blue silvery back. We could clearly see him in the water below. This shark stayed in our area close to 45 minutes and after that we never saw him again. I have felt safe snorkeling, diving, and swimming in almost every beach on Culebra. I foolishly wanted to believe that myth. I am glad I did not see them when I first got here because I may not have had such a great time.
Meg
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