Diving in the Red Sea.
Many moons ago, when I lived and worked in Saudi, we used to go diving in the Red Sea. The sea was beautiful, the fish vibrant, and the water was warm; which is something of a novelty having learned to swim in the cold sea at Bournemouth. Anyhow, on this particular dive I was taking my BSAC diving exam. We got down to the required depth and started to practice buddy-breathing, when my instructor started to give me a strange hand signal. I didn't recognize the signal, but I did realize that he was pointing to a large shoal of fish behind me. I thought the fish were Tuna, it turns out they weren't. The instructor kept giving me the strange hand signal and motioning me to swim towards the reef. When we got to the reef, we began our ascent and eventually climbed out and onto the shelf above the reef. When I asked the instructor what was going on, he told me that the shoal of fish were Tiger Sharks and that they were swimming very aggressively; a zig-zag motion if I remember correctly. It was weeks before I would get into the sea again and eventually take my exam. I never forgot the strange hand signal which indicates "shark," and I hope I never see it again.
(Woofie, Thu 5 Apr 2012, 19:09, Reply)