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Sharkfest 2013

 

Expedition:

 Scuba diving with sandtigers + festivities!

Dates:

 August 9-11 2013 filling fast!

Location:

 Morehead City, North Carolina, USA.

Accommodation:

 Olympus Dive Center Lodge.

Price:

 $660 if you stay at the lodge.

 $600 if you arrange your own accommodation.

 

 JOIN US IN 2013 FOR THE 4TH ANNUAL SHARKFEST!

Registration includes: 3 days of shark diving (including a night dive), 4 nights dorm accommodation, Sharkfest BBQ, film screenings, Sharkfest 2013 commemorative tee shirt and more.

Come diving with Sandtigers at Sharkfest!

Sign up here: info@BigFishExpeditions.com

 

Sharkfest

 

What is Sharkfest?
Sharkfest is a celebration for shark people comprising of three days of shark diving and a film festival just about sharks. This isn't Sundance so leave the tuxedos at home. Movies will be screened on a digital projector in the lodge or outdoors on the back deck of the dive center (weather permitting).
Sharkfest is a long overdue opportunity for all shark fans and shark divers to get together, dive and talk about sharks. If you're a shark junkie you belong at Sharkfest.

Where and when is Sharkfest?
Sharkfest will be hosted by Olympus Dive Center in Moorhead City, North Carolina from the 10th to the 12th of August 2012.
Olympus Diver Center is Sandtiger Central. Known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic, the treacherous coastline of the Outer Banks is peppered with wrecks that are home to North America's largest population of sandtiger sharks.
 

Sharkfest

 

How much is Sharkfest?

Sharkfest is $660 which includes:

  • Three days of shark diving weather dependent. Diving includes air tanks and weights. Nitrox fills are extra (recommended for NC's 100ft+ dive sites).

  • Four nights accommodation in Olympus Dive Center's lodge which is a two minute walk from the boat dock. This is dormitory style accommodation. Its not the Ritz but its clean and tidy and the atmosphere is fun. Bring your own bedding.

  • Movie screenings.

  • Our Sharkfest barbeque on Saturday night including beer and wine (while it lasts).

  • A commemorative Sharkfest 2013 Tee Shirt.

     

    SIGN UP FOR SHARKFEST!

Sharkfest

 

Sandtiger Shark Diving, Shark Film Festival, Sharkfest Shootout, And our annual Sharkfest BBQ Bash

 

Sharkfest Itinerary:
THURSDAY NIGHT: Arrive in Moorhead City and take over the lodge.

FRIDAY MORNING: We'll be heading out early on our first day of Shark Diving with North Carolina's big, bautiful sandtiger sharks. Our destination will be determined by reports of where the best shark activity has been. The wrecks are a long way off shore so expect to be out until about 3 or 4pm.

FRIDAY NIGHT: The big movie screening night. We'll be viewing short movie entries on a projector in the lounge of the lodge. Based on the calibre of some of last year's entries it should be a fascinating show.

SATURDAY MORNING: Lay in and relax! We're heading out at midday for our second day of shark diving. Destinations determined in the same way as day one. If the sharks are really thick on one wreck we may spend the entire weekend there. It isn't about the wrecks, this is our chance to get up close and personal with some of the most charismatic sharks in the ocean.

SATURDAY NIGHT: Our second dive of the day will be a night dive on one of the sharky wrecks. If you've never dove with sharks at night imagine slowly finning along a historic wreck and suddenly seeing the flash of a sandtiger's menacing smile. This is not a dive to be missed!

SUNDAY MORNING: Last chance to get some killer shots of the sandtigers. Two tanks of shark diving then home in time to dry out your dive gear and stroll down to the dock for supper.

SUNDAY NIGHT: Our BBQ bash on the deck of Olympus' Dive Shop. We'll be providing all the food you can handle plus some refreshments so stay if you can.

 

Sharkfest


Join us for the
sharkiest weekend in the USA
The boat is filling up! So please respond asap so that we can make this the best shark diving weekend possible.
 

YOUR SHARKFEST 2013 TEE SHIRT:

 

Book your spot! Email: info@BigFishExpeditions.com

 

Join me for the biggest Shark Diving party of the year!

 

Sharkfest

 

 

Sharkfest Film Screenings:
Film makers are welcome to submit short films or full length documentaries. Screening times are limited so depending on the amount of submissions some films may be rejected but this is still a new festival within a very small niche so we do not expect this to happen.
In the next few years we hope to build Sharkfest into a major event on every shark enthusiast's calendar but right now Sharkfest is an informal celebration of sharks including diving, screenings and good times. Screenings may be a little chaotic so please understand that Sharkfest is more about participation than official accolades.
Film submissions will be reviewed on Elasmodiver after the event.

All films must be about sharks. They can revolve around shark conservation, shark diving, shark biology and behavior or any other sharky topics. Fictional shark movies are also welcome. The theme 'you should be scared of sharks because they are bloodthirsty man eating monsters' is highly discouraged. Shark-fishing films will be rejected unless they are about conservation.

Film Makers are not required to be present but it would be even better if they can attend to talk about their film.

 

To send or suggest a film please email: info@BigFishExpeditions.com

 

 

 

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Andy Murch

EXPEDITION LEADER

Andy Murch is an accomplished photojournalist specializing in big animals.

Andy's images and editorials have appeared in hundreds of books and magazines around the world from titles as varied as the Journal of Zoology to Digital Photography Magazine.

Andy is the Creator of the ever expanding Elasmodiver Shark and Ray Field Guide.

 

When not running expeditions or on photographic assignments Andy lives and dives on Vancouver Island, Canada

 

Andy is also the driving force behind PREDATORS IN PERIL which shines a spotlight on many endangered species of sharks that are overlooked by mainstream conservation groups. Predators In Peril is entirely funded by Big Fish Expeditions.

 

Find out more about PIP at:

PredatorsInPeril.org