After lunch, Alex wanted to swim with the sharks. At this point, there were no other swimmers so he had to persuade Daddy to go in too. Eventually Alex, Jamie and Chris entered the water and swam gently and quietly over to the sharks who displayed pretty much the same behaviour as before – polite interest and the occasional desire to be stroked. Once the ice had been broken, so to speak, Adam and Callum went in followed by other boat crews. By mid afternoon, everyone was very comfortable swimming with sharks and there had been no injuries!! It was hard to convince Adam to leave his new friends when it was time to go.

We did feel very privileged to be able to stroke and swim with these creatures and we were very mindful of the fact that they were wild animals who were just used to humans – not pet dogs who are trained not to bite.