We are lying belly-down, a few inches above the top of a wall, holding onto rocky knobs and ledges to steady ourselves in the surge. The site is called Vertigo, appropriately, and we are gathered in a semicircle, facing the Philippine Sea. A few divers float over the abyss, loosely completing the circle. It is near sunset, and we're 35 feet under water off the west coast of Yap.
Abruptly, a hunk of frozen bait--tuna heads and other fishy scraps--drops to within a few feet of us. Veteran diver Bill Acker secures it to a line; a posse of red snappers investigates. Then, out of nowhere, five--no 10, wait: make that 25--gray and black-tip sharks circle the bait, wrestle it, tear it to shreds, devour it, until a mere icy fragment remains. A few sharks swim into our comfort zone, but we don't interest them. And then: Whooooosh, a second icy block of bait descends into our midst. Act Two begins. Welcome to theater in the round, Yap-style.
Via Scuba Diving Magazine
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