After an arduous 32 hour journey to this remote outpost in the Pacific Ocean, Nigel's adventures begin. On hisfirst dive he tags along with an ancient sea turtle to get an unusual view of life on the reef, coming face to face with mating whitetip reef sharks, and entering the enchanting world of some of Shark Island's lesser knowninhabitants.
Nigel wants to find out more about the huge numbers of Hammerheads that come to Cocos, so he sets off for a site where he hopes to have a close encounter. He's thrilled when the giant sharks swim within just a few metres, using the curr
Nigel heads under the boat armed with a tube of lipstick -in a strange attempt to flirt with an even stranger fish. Whilst chatting it up he's surprised by the arrival of some enormous Silver tip Sharks -open water predators that have come into the shallows for a clean or so Nigel thinks.
Nigel heads under the boat armed with a tube of lipstick -in a strange attempt to flirt with an even stranger fish. Whilst chatting it up he's surprised by the arrival of some enormous Silvertip Sharks -open water predators that have come into the shallows for a clean or so Nigel thinks.
Nigel takes on his most dangerous dives yet. First he drops into an offshore current and is swept a mile out to sea. He's looking for Silky Sharks -sleek, fast, blue-water predators. But they find him first.
Nigel Marven has heard of an uninhabited island 300 miles off the coast of Central America where it's said that there are more sharks than anywhere else on earth.Intrigued by these top predators since he was achild, Nigel sets out to Cocos Island -which he nicknames "Shark Island" -in the Pacific Ocean.