10 GREAT PLACES10 great places to celebrate Shark Week1. Nassau, Bahamas:Often called the shark diving capital of the world, Nassau features Caribbean reef sharks in warm shallow-water dives.Stuart Cove's Dive Bahamas"At any point in time, you may have 25 to 45 sharks circling around you" in Nassau, says Neil Hammerschlag, a marine ecologist at the University of Miami. "They put on a pretty wonderful display.”Stuart Cove's Dive Bahamas2. Georgia Aquarium: Divers can swim with whale sharks at Atlanta's Georgia Aquarium and in the wild off Isla Mujeres, near Cancun, Mexico.SeetheWild.org/Georgia AquariumAlthough neither whale nor shark, the whale sharks at Georgia Aquarium is still worth checking out, measuring 40 feet long, and with a tail fin as tall as a man.Georgia Aquarium3. Jupiter, Florida: Because the Gulf Stream comes so close to shore near Jupiter, both snorkelers and scuba divers have a good chance of catching sight of lemon, bull, sandbar, great hammerhead and tiger sharks.John Moore/Florida Shark Diving4. Prince William Sound, Alaska: Visitors have an opportunity to snorkel or dive with the rare salmon shark on trips operating in Alaska's Prince William Sound.Ravenscroft LodgeTravelers have an opportunity to snorkel or dive with the rare salmon shark on trips operating out of Valdez, Alaska.Ravencroft Lodge5. Shark Reef Aquarium, Las Vegas: Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay Hotel features the 1.3-million-gallon Shark Reef exhibit, which is home to 100 sharks of 15 different species.Darrin Bush/Las Vegas News BureauCertified divers can even arrange to take a dip with the killers at Shark Reef Aquarium in Las Vegas.Bryan Steffy/MGM Resorts6. Narragansett, Rhode Island:Divers have a good chance of encountering shortfin mako, and blue sharks . on day trips off the coast here.Lauren Benoit/RhodeIslandSharkDiving.comSummer visitors have a good chance of spotting shortfin mako, and blue sharks on day trips off the Rhode Island coast.Joe Romeiro/RhodeIslandSharkDiving.com“These are open-ocean sharks," Hammerschlag says of the species that frequent Rhode Island's coastline. "You can be at the surface and the boat crew can be out there talking with you and you'll have 10 to 15 blue sharks swimming."Joe Romeiro/RhodeIslandSharkDiving.com7. Sea World, San Diego:The 280,000-gallon Shark Encounter’s exhibit is home to sand tiger, bonnethead, blacktip and whitetip reef sharks.SeaWorld.com8. Newport Aquarium: Located just across the bridge from Cincinnati, this Northern Kentucky aquarium has gone shark-crazy this summer with reduced children’s admission. Each adult ticket buys one admission for a child through Sept. 8..Newport AquariumNewport Aquarium's 75-foot-long Shark Bridge lets visitors pass just inches above shark-infested waters.Steve Ziegelmeyer/Newport AquariumVisitors to Newport Aquarium can see dozens of sharks, including a brand-new baby epaulette shark born on-site.Steve Ziegelmeyer/Newport Aquarium9. Florida Keys: At the interactive Florida Keys Marine Life Experience in Marathon, Florida, visitors can get in the water and feed sharks in a 200,000-gallon. interconnected saltwater aquarium.Florida Keys Aquarium Encounters10. Morehead City, North Carolina: Not only can divers visit deep water shipwrecks off North Carolina's Crystal Coast but they also have a good chance of seeing the sand tiger sharks that are drawn to them.Tanya Houppermans/Olympus DivingSand tiger sharks are "kind of menacing looking because they have front teeth that stick out,” Hammerschlag says. But the danger is minimal. “They’re gentle, unless you do something stupid like grabbing their tails.”Tanya Houppermans/Olympus DivingFeatured Weekly Ad