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07/02/2017
Location: Joubertsdam
Water Temperature: 17.4°C + 18.4°C
Depth: 11.5 m + 11.1m
Visibility: 2.0 m + 2.0m
Number of Sharks: 8 + 7
Conditions: misty in the morning and overcast later on, no wind
Trip 1
What a great day out at sea. On our first trip for the day we encountered eight different Great white sharks. Just after we anchored in the shallows, we had our first shark approaching our boat. This shark made a few passes before it was moved on. The first few sharks were still juveniles, at an average length of around 3 meters. Towards the end of our tour a bigger shark approached us from the deep, it was estimated to be around 4.4 meter. The shark activity was good throughout the whole trip and the visibility was a lot better than the past few days. As the trip went so well and we had some time at the end, we decided to head towards the world famous Shark Alley. There we had a look at the Cape Fur seals, the most favourite prey for the Great White sharks.
Trip 2
The second trip of the day was off to a great start as we spotted our first shark upon arrival at our dive site. Once on anchor the sharks approached the boat and we saw a trip with pretty much constant activity, we also had a Short-tailed stingray around the boat. The first shark was “Sellendilloh” the large male with a SPOT tag attached to the dorsal fin. This tag was deployed by Ocearch in 2012 and more information and his tracks can be seen on their website here. This shark stuck around for the entire trip coming and going from view however we had multiple more show up, with a fantastic mix of sizes and genders appearing around the boat throughout the afternoon including the largest, an estimated 4.2m female and the smallest, a male measuring in at approximately 2.2m in length.
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