Here’s how you’re free to have this once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Air bubbles billow to the surface and seemingly burst in time with the music.

“Face to face, out in the heat.

Guest in a cage dive with the Rodney Fox Shark Expeditions by Neptune Island in South Australia

Credit:Hayden Richards/Courtesy of South Australian Tourism Commission

Hanging tough, staying hungry,” croons Dave Bickler over the speakers.

Fox was a keen diver before the attack but became increasingly fearful of open water afterward.

The movie was a box-office hit but a public relations disaster for sharks.

The Rodney Fox Shark Expeditions boat by Thistle Island, Spencer Gulf in South Australia

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A dorsal fin starts to circle the boat nearly an hour after we drop the cage.

“Who wants to be the appetizer?”

Within minutes, Im in a wetsuit and climbing down the ladder into the cage.

Guests getting in and off of the Rodney Fox Shark Expeditions by North Neptune Island in South Australia

Adam Bruzzone/Courtesy of Rodney Fox Shark Expeditions

Soon, more sharks join us until I count half a dozen great whites circling above and below me.

Despite the funny names, theres araw power and majesty to these animals, too.

The next four days pass by in a blur of bubbles.

Guest in a cage dive with the Rodney Fox Shark Expeditions by Neptune Islands Conservation Park, Port Lincoln in South Australia

Adam Bruzzone/Courtesy of Rodney Fox Shark Expeditions

Guest in a cage dive with the Rodney Fox Shark Expeditions by Neptune Islands Conservation Park, Port Lincoln in South Australia

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Guest enjoying food together on the Rodney Fox Shark Expeditions boat by North Neptune Island in South Australia

Adam Bruzzone/Courtesy of Rodney Fox Shark Expeditions