Over the years Shark Divers has worked with a number of outstanding film and television productions on shark shows that have ranged from Discovery Channel to Ushia Natural History. We have also turned down many shark productions like Endemol’s “Killer Shark Live” at Isla Guadalupe for reasons that ran the gamut from poor production value to the actual name of the show. This year we have been busy once again on a series of shark…

Yes, that’s Luke Tipple driving the SOVW or as we knew her “Skittles,” in the Bahamas a few months ago during the filming of the anchor commercial to Shark Week 2012. Seen it yet? From the same team who brought you last years anchor commercial with Gillette, comes a series of very cool design, build, deploy shark commercials that bend the world of underwater exploration. Luke was not alone in this endeavor. Greg “Moondog Mooney,”…

This month outdoor writer Jim Cornfield covered Isla Guadalupe, Mexico and Shark Diver for Sport Diver Magazine. The article was a short update to Isla Guadalupe and commercial shark diving with several industry quotes from CEO Patric Douglas: “Site stewardship is especially important here (Isla Guadalupe) in what is perhaps the most robust shark site on the planet.” Kudos to Sport Diver Magazine for continued positive coverage of the global shark diving industry. It is…

In 2011 Shark Diver and our film and television team at Shark Divers was asked to tackle a technically challenging commercial shark production by one of the largest advertising agencies in the world BBDO. Over the years we have come to be known within the film and television community as the company that successfully pulls off challenging and unique productions with sharks. From Mythbusters to “walking on water with sharks,” our teams always look at…

As the CEO of Shark Diver I have been fortunate enough over the past decade to meet some amazing divers, work with some great dive crews, and experience sharks in ways that few people are fortunate enough to. This spring I spent a month in the company of sharks at Tiger Beach with the M/V Kate. We shot a couple of film projects, entertained a host of excited divers from all over the planet, and…

Vancouver Sun March 2011 Eye to eye with the Great White By Craig Reynolds North Americans are closer than they think to what is arguably the best place on earth to experience Great White Sharks. When you tell people you’re going on a shark dive, you can almost guarantee that you’ll get a fairly similar reaction from most people. You’re crazy, they’ll say. But for those of us guys (and yes, girls too) who think…