News, Travel & Events

Staff · Issue 104, Sep/Oct 2018 · pp. 5–17

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News, Travel & Events Ever searching for new projects, Shane Wasik owner of Basking Shark Scotland and Dive Oban & Argyll, has been trialling an exciting new shark dive on the North West of Scotland. Through recent research, a resident population of Spurdogs (Squalus acanthias) have been found in the waters around Oban, adding to many wrecks, reefs, walls and abundant marine life of the area. Shane has been trialling out diving with these sharks over the last year, scoping out different locations and factors to be able to find them reliably. The tests have worked out really well which recently culminated in a photography workshop with Lawson Wood and Mike Clark. Shane says ‘Sharks numbers have varied with some days having double figures around the bait, they grown over 5 feet long so they can be a good size too. When in hunting mode the sharks can be very inquisitive, investigating every…