Year Round 2010 The original "Extreme Shark Diving" adventure. Solo divers, adventure seekers and small groups can spend one to eight days at this unique site. Please call for details. Film and television productions please contact us at Shark Divers. All inclusive pricing:   $3900 per person

2010 Deep Sub Shark Adventures

Discover the deepest diving non-commercial submarine on the planet, and go where few humans have been before - beyond imagination. In 2005 CEO and adventurer Patric Douglas discovered this remarkable operation and spent 6 hours on a sea cliff wall at 1700' staring into the deep green eyes of a 18 foot Six Gill. "It was a pinnacle moment for me, surrounded by an eerily quiet moonscape and deep water creatures that I had never seen before outside of a marine lab.I thought at that moment that it does not get much better than this". While unique, this adventure is also a pinnacle adventure, it's something that you'll be talking about for years to come. Shark Diver is the only commercial shark diving operation on the planet to offer deep submarine adventures to dive with pre-historic Six Gill sharks ( Hexanchus griseus ) off the Cayman Trench at depths up to 2000'. The Six Gills we will be encountering normally live at depths in excess of 6000' and can grow to an astounding 20 feet in length. Typically the sharks you will encounter will be on the huge side as these are true deep water monster sharks, not the much smaller cousins you'll find on some tanked dives elsewhere in the world. Unless you work for Woods Hole or have an unlimited budget like deep water filmmaker James Cameron, this kind of adventure is just not available to the general public...until now.

The Ultimate Sub Adventure
You and a guest will join Shark Diver for an extraordinary week of Caribbean sun, regular two and three tank boat dives, a morning of diving without cages with up to 30 Caribbean Reef Sharks (C.perezi) at a time and your own private submarine diving adventure that will last almost 5 hours and take you into the deepest sea realm to encounter animals that few if any divers have ever seen in person.

You'll stay with us at the famous Anthony's Key Resort in Roatan who has been serving up the spirit of adventure with relish, including diving spectacular reefs, interacting with dolphins, and much more while never forgetting comfort or hospitality. In the world of shark diving you can go where others go or you can discover something that few others on the planet have ever seen before.

Sample Weekly Schedule

Day 1 Arrival
Welcome to the Caribbean. Divers arrive via direct flight in most cases to Roatan, Honduras and will be transported to your hotel by the friendly staff at Anthony's Keys Resort. Once you have settled in join us for an evening cocktail party by the poolside. It's a great way to unwind after a day of travel and it's an easy way to meet the other adventure divers in our small group of 10.

Day 2
The next morning, after a terrific breakfast, our group will board our own vessel and go for the first of many spectacular dives here in Roatan. Today we will do a three tank dive and get to know the local crews and the boat. This evening the first two sub divers will join our pilot in Half Moon Bay for the experience of a lifetime while the rest of our group sleep the night away...don't worry you'll hear all about their deep water monster shark encounter tomorrow on the boat. All meals are included, and at Anthony's Key no one ever goes hungry...the food is great. This includes coffee, tea, milk and juices. Soda and alcoholic beverages are available at an additional charge. Once a week, they hold a lively beach party and barbecue at Tabyana beach, an Island Fiesta Night and a luncheon on the key. These meals and entertainment are also included.

Day 3
After a leisurely breakfast our divers will meet at the boat again and enjoy a full day of scuba.We may take advantage of one of many wreck dives this morning or visit one of the many wall dives here.The island's reefs and drop-offs are teeming with colorful marine life and are ideally suited for novices and experts alike. Surrounded by the longest barrier reef in the hemisphere, Roatan offers everything from hard-core wrecks and deep fissures to peaceful eel gardens and shallow terraces where countless macro photo opportunities abound. Coral grows thickly on walls that begin in crystalline waters as shallow as 20 feet below the surface and drop to the purple depths of the Caribbean. Squadrons of eagle ray, schools of brightly colored tropical fish, the occasional meandering shark are jut a few of the sites that delight divers. Several large wrecks have also been submerged near the resort, awaiting exploration. With water temperatures averaging 80 degrees or warmer, gentle currents and visibility ranging from 50 to 100 feet, Roatan is a favorite among visitors who prefer their diving colorful, thrilling and unswerving. The choice is ours and our group can discover dives as they see fit. Tonight another two lucky divers will discover deep water submarine diving, while the rest of us do a regular night dive on the reef.

Day 4
This morning we are going to mix things up a bit. Half our group will join us for a cage-less Grey Reef shark encounter at the other end of Roatan. While the rest of the divers enjoy a day of reef and wreck dives. Not to worry, we'll be taking the other 5 divers for this encounter later in the week. Smaller groups are better when diving with 20-30 reef sharks. Tonight another two lucky divers will be deep diving with the giant deep water sharks.

More...
The rest of this adventure week offers more unique dives, deep water shark encounters and of course cage-less shark encounters with Grey Reef sharks. We'll also be visiting the 300' Odyssey. This huge wreck provides visitors to the island numerous dive opportunities to fully view the multi-level ship, which measures 85 feet from keel to mast and 300 feet from bow to stern. From Anthony's a 12-minute boat ride east finds the Odyssey resting on a sandy flat. Divers may follow the top of the mast at 40 feet and descend to the top of the bow at 70 feet. Then explore the bulwarks or cargo hole level at 80 feet, the bow at 107 feet and the stern at 120 feet.

Optional Side Tours

•  Dolphin Encounters
•  Deep Sea Fishing
•  Private Plane Whale Shark Spotting
•  Spa Treatments

The Cayman Trench
The massive submarine trench located on the floor of the western Caribbean Sea between Jamaica and the Cayman Islands extends from the Windward Passage at the southeastern tip of Cuba toward Guatemala. The relatively narrow trough trends east-northeast to west-southwest and has a maximum depth of 25,216 feet (7,686 m), the deepest point in the Caribbean Sea. This is where you'll dive with Shark Diver in search of one of the oceans rarest and largest sharks. It's an extreme diving adventure that lives up to every sense of the word.

The Submarine
The vehicle is a one-of-a-kind deep diving submersible designed and custom built for this exact location. It is designed to carry three people to 3,000 feet. It is the first time in history a submersible has been designed of three different sized spheres. It is perhaps one of the most unique undersea vehicles ever constructed. This submarine takes two of our guests at a time. Each guest will get an assigned evening dive schedule upon arrival to Roatan. We will make special arrangements for birthdays and anniversaries. The dives last up to 6 hours and you will be leaving at 11.00pm in the evening with a return to your hotel in the early am.

Vehicle features include:

• huge 30-inch diameter viewing port for its passengers; powerful lights, one "positional" for lighting up moving sharks nine view ports for the pilot/clients can see in every direction comfortable seating for extended length diving up to 6 hours a built in CD sound system.

Safety features include:

• twin ballast compartments twin high-pressure air systems a 350-pound droppable lead weight fully redundant propulsion systems with no rudder dive planes or other moving parts to jam
• three days of emergency life support.