The bold reef shark. White edges on every fin, owns the deeper drop-offs at remote atolls.
Silvertip sharks are the larger, bolder, deeper-water relatives of grey reef sharks — distinguished by bright white margins on all fins, including the tail. They patrol the deep edges of remote atolls and seamounts in the Indian Ocean and Pacific, often dominating cleaning stations over other shark species.
Encounters happen at depth — 20–60 metres — so they're an Advanced-cert experience. Maldives' Fuvahmulah and certain channels, Red Sea's Brothers and Daedalus, French Polynesia's Tahiti. They approach divers with confidence; bait dives in protected sites produce close encounters.
Listed Vulnerable, populations decline mostly from longline bycatch. The remote-atoll lifestyle makes them less impacted by coastal fisheries than reef sharks, but specialised shark-fin demand still targets them.
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