AN adventure diver who rode on the back of a tiger shark during a feeding frenzy in waters off Port Douglas is set to become an internet star.
The footage, which shows two divers filming and frolicking with the sharks as they feast on a floating whale carcass, was posted on a Cairns travel blog recently.
Incredibly one of the divers pats a passing shark before grabbing its fin and riding the 3m killer for a few metres while filming the joy ride on its back.
Cairns travel agent manager Clint Carroll posted the footage on his travel blog and said the action was captured around the outer Great Barrier Reef in the Coral Sea about 60km north of Port Douglas.
The blogger said the men in the video were known among the diving fraternity but didn't want media publicity.
He also said the experience would have been bliss for adventure divers looking for an underwater rush.
"It's exciting for a diver to be able to get so close to such fish and get up close and personal. I would've loved it," he said.
