{"id":161592,"date":"2021-08-22T21:11:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T04:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/?p=161592"},"modified":"2021-08-22T21:11:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T04:11:21","slug":"shark-experts-agree-these-are-the-5-best-dive-sites-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/?p=161592","title":{"rendered":"Shark Experts Agree, These Are The 5 Best Dive Sites In The World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I found myself staring right into the eyes of a large Tiger shark, its mouth slowly opening and closing as if breathing my space. My first time swimming with sharks was on the North Shore of Oahu, off the coast of Hale\u2019iwa, as our cage-free snorkel adventure had us surrounded by a collection of large sharks. It was one of the most breathtaking experiences getting face to face with these powerful creatures, and I became obsessed with searching for the best dive spots around the world for beginners and experienced divers.<\/p>\n<p>One of the ultimate bucket list adventures is the thrill of controlled shark encounters\u00a0\u00a0 &#8230;\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jimdobson\/2021\/08\/19\/shark-experts-agree-these-are-the-5-best-dive-sites-in-the-world\/?sh=7e2b4a80790f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stoked News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found myself staring right into the eyes of a large Tiger shark, its mouth slowly opening and closing as if breathing my space. My first time swimming with sharks was on the North Shore of Oahu, off the coast of Hale\u2019iwa, as our cage-free snorkel adventure had us surrounded by a collection of large [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scuba-diving-snorkeling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=161592"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161593,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161592\/revisions\/161593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=161592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=161592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.stokednews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=161592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}