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04/07/2019
Sightings: Great White Sharks and Bronze whalers
Location: Joubertsdam
Water Temperature: Moderate
Visibility: Poor
Yet again a Winters day out on the water for the team and guest of Slashfin, with the swell and wind still lingering however the sun was shining and the sharks were out to play! The first boat out on sea were had our choice of where we would like to anchor and our choiced proved successful with sharks appearing within moments. The first a brief encounter with a Bronze whaler before it disappeared leaving the stage for the Great White sharks to come on through. This trip saw some amazing activity from those magnificent White sharks, from leaps and lunges, slow and fast passes and up close and personal encounters for our guests in the cage. This morning saw a number of the bay’s current Great White visitors show up with a range from 2.0m in length to a whopping 4.5m individual. We saw Clampy, the big female patrolling the area, the large male spotted for the first time this season only just yesterday, the large, clean and feisty female and two fast paced juveniles that kept us all on our toes and fingers on the cameras’ shutter button. Activity became a little slow towards the end of the trip however the sharks came back before we finished, bidding our guests goodbye and leaving some lasting impressions.
The afternoon progressed with oour second trip and we yet again had sharks around from the get go, yet again the Bronze whalers were first on the scene, but seemed to think better of sticking around and getting in the Great White’s way. The activity started off slow for this trip as we had two of the juveniles appear, making amazing quick attempts on the bait and decoy lines, if you blinked you could have missed them! During our second cage however the sharks started to move closer to the boat and cage and show some slower movements allowing us a good look. By the end of the trip we had seen the juveniles make their return for the afternoon but also the new large male and our current favourite big female, Clampy!
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