Guest comment: “Thanks to my parents and Marine Dynamics for fulfilling my bucket list. Awesome experience and what a warm, professional and accommodating crew!” – Alyson, Carol & Steve
“Absolutely stunning, even better than we dreamed (and we’ve been dreaming a long time!) Superb, awesome, unbelievable!” – The Walsh Family
“Amazing experience, so calming. The sharks are such beautiful, majestic animals. Thanks!” – Jenny
13/04/2014
Location: Joubertsdam
Water Temperature: 18.0’C
Depth: 10.3m
Visibility: 1.0m
Number of Sharks: 10+10
Conditions: Sunny + calm seas
What a hot day, both in terms of the weather and also the shark action! Both trips today had an array of sharks visiting the cage, including a large female we have been seeing around the boat frequently in the last few weeks. This shark is easy to identify due to her dorsal fin that has three large distinctive notches and also by her left pectoral fin which has a significant amount missing. These features are most likely due to intraspecific competition and mating. Whilst we consider ourselves lucky to see any sharks, we were especially excited to have a regular visitor to Slashfin today. “Rosi”, an active female well known by the crew onboard, is sporting a new feature, an acoustic tag can now be seen below her dorsal fin on the left side. This was deployed by Pieter Du Toit off of our research vessel, Lwazi. Alison Towner, our Marine Biologist, uses these tags to study the movements of Great Whites in the Gansbaai area. It will be interesting to see where our “Rosi” gets too when she is not at Slashfin! During our dives we were aware that there were whales nearby due to some spouts having been spotted, however, it wasn’t until our trip back into the harbour that we came across one close enough for all onboard to see. We were treated to a lovely view of a Bryde’s Whale as it surfaced for some air! Just another great day aboard Slashfin…
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