Underwater Photo Location: Wreck of the Caribsea.

by Michael Gerken
Sand tiger shark, Carcharias taurus off the North Carolina coast.

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by Tanya Houppermans
Schooling Sand Tigers Several dozen sand tiger sharks schooling around the wreck of the Caribsea off the coast of North Carolina

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by Tanya Houppermans
Taking Center Stage A sand tiger shark swims amongst several species of baitfish near the wreck of the Caribsea off the coast of North Carolina.

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by Tanya Houppermans
Piercing the Sun A sand tiger shark swims above the wreck of the Caribsea off the coast of North Carolina.

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by Tanya Houppermans
All In Formation No one really knows why the sand tiger sharks school like this, but it seems to happen around the July time frame off of North Carolina every year, especially around the wreck of the Caribsea.

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by Tanya Houppermans
Nature's Choreography Spade fish swirl around a group of sand tigers sharks above the wreck of the Caribsea off the coast of North Carolina.

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by Tanya Houppermans
Steadfast One of the amazing things about being among so many sand tiger sharks is that they were incredibly tolerant of our being close to them. They were in 'the zone,' and weren't going to be bothered by a few curious divers.

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by Tanya Houppermans
Shadow Sharks There were so many sand tiger sharks around us while diving off of North Carolina a couple weeks ago, that they seemed to just come out of nowhere.

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by Tanya Houppermans
Shimmering Sand Tiger The skin of a sand tiger shark has a shimmering, almost metallic quality to it. Taken on the wreck of the Caribsea off the coast of North Carolina.

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by Tanya Houppermans
Traffic Patterns I can't help but wonder how the sand tiger sharks figure out which direction they're going to go, or which group they're going to hang out with.

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by Tanya Houppermans
We've Got You Surrounded A sand tiger shark is surrounded by bait fish on the wreck of the Caribsea off the coast of North Carolina.

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by Tanya Houppermans
Abundance Sand tiger sharks and bait fish congregate above the wreck of the Caribsea off the coast of North Carolina

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by Tanya Houppermans
'Caribsea Companions' - There is no better place to find sand tiger sharks than the wreck of the Caribsea, a WWII freighter that was torpedoed on March 11, 1942, and now lies in 90ft of water off the coast of North Carolina.

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by Tanya Houppermans
'In The Storm' - Not rain, but fish! Thousands of tiny bait fish appear to rain down on this sand tiger as she swims over the wreck of the Caribsea off the coast of North Carolina.

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by Tanya Houppermans
'Two If By Caribsea'- Two sand tiger sharks swim inside the wreck of the Caribsea off the coast of North Carolina

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by Tanya Houppermans
'Summer Break' - Sand tiger sharks spend the summer months aggregating around the shipwrecks off the North Carolina coast as part of their annual migration along the east coast of the U.S.

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