FAQs

Oceanic Whitetip Sharks can be found off the coast of Cat Island from March through June. Although there are sharks here year-round, we schedule our dive calendar around the time with the greatest numbers of animals in order to ensure that guests have the experience they come looking for!

Epic Diving runs Tiger Beach trips from October through June.  Although there are sharks here year-round, we schedule our dive calendar around the time with the greatest numbers of animals in order to ensure that guests have the experience they come looking for!

Great Hammerhead Sharks can be found off the coast of Bimini from January through April. We schedule our dive calendar around the time with the greatest numbers of animals in order to ensure that guests have the experience they come looking for!

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We recommend guests bring their own toiletries, sea sickness medication, and insect repellent. Altough the day time temperatures are pretty warm, we suggest a light jacket for cool nights or after long hours in the water.

Although not required, we strongly recommend DAN or equivalent dive accident insurance as well as separate dive trip/travel insurance. There are no refunds for lost days of diving due to weather cancellations, natural disaster, mechanical breakdown, air supply failure, travel delays, injury, equipment issues, etc..

Please follow your certifying agencies guidelines on surface intervals before taking your departing flight from the island.   Recommendations may vary based on factors of depth, repetitive diving, and surface intervals.  Here is a link to information provided by the Divers Alert Network (DAN).

All divers must be open water certified. Night dives or other specialty dives require advanced certification.

Rental gear is not included in our standard shark diving packages. Rental gear is limited and must be arranged and reserved in advance to ensure it will be available for your trip.

All dive packages include lunch on the boat, as well as drinks and snacks. Breakfast and Dinner are not included unless otherwise specified or pre-arranged.

All guests are required to fill out a Epic Diving Liability Waiver, which can be found here. You’ll be able to download and fill out the waiver on your computer or tablet and email it back to us. Alternatively, you can print it out and bring it with you.

Travel requirements do vary by country. Click here for a full list of Visa requirements by country. It is the travelers responsibility to ensure they have all necessary travel documentation.  Here are other helpful links:

Verify Visa Requirements
How to Apply for a Visitor Visa
Visa Application Form

A nonrefundable, nontransferable deposit of $1,000 USD is required to secure your reservation. Once received, you will be provided with an invoice confirming your dates, deposit, and balance.

We accept all major Credit Card, Paypal, Money Orders, Wire Transfer, Bank/ACH transfer and Zelle (US accounts only).

Travel requirements do vary by county, so you should definitely ensure you have the necessary documentation for your trip. Here are helpful links with VISA information:

Verify Visa Requirements
How to Apply for a Visitor Visa
Visa Application Form

Because we are often working out of the office, email is the quickest way to reach us.

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Our phone number is

1 – 813 – 4 – SHARKS

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