I am coming down for my third visit to Treasure Beach in three years, and I am bringing several friends this time.
While I think that this may be silly, could someone throw some statistics my way concerning sharks off of Treasure Beach?
I can't stay OUT of the water when I am there, I need some comfort to get my girlfriends IN the water!
deborah

Great Whites like cold water, so we do not need to worry about them here. You may see reef and nurse sharks from time to time if you are snorkeling around the reef. However, they are not interested in humans and usually stay far away from us. Twice (in 11 years of swimming and snorkeling in these waters) I was snorkeling and saw a nurse shark below me. Both times she lay still on the bottom and I swam quietly by.

I have never heard of any shark attacks in or around the Treasure Beach area, or Jamaica.

Thank you, luv.
See you in a month!
Yippee!
deb

What sharks there are are mostly two legged and are water averse.

cute.
Hope I can avoid THOSE predators!
deb

"fins to the right, fins to the left..."

"fins to the right, fins to the left..."

I assume that you are safe until the fins are pointed right at you?

i have seen 2 nice sleeping nurse sharks under rocks snorkeling in TB. they are 'safe' and great to see.

Please tell me a nurse shark looks like, how large, etc.
thanks.

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=nurse+shark+info&ie=UTF-8&oe =UTF-8

I like the reference:
"In Caribbean waters, the nurse shark is still often referred as "tiburon gato" or cat-shark. "

Don't you just want to stroke it? (joking!)
We have grey nurse sharks in Australia, and they are pretty harmless unless you poke them.