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September 11, 2013

Daily trip 11 September 2013 | Cage Diving South Africa

Another calm weather day on the water, always a great way to experience the Great White Sharks in action…

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May 2, 2013

Daily trip 02 May 2013 | Great White Shark Diving South Africa

We anchored back at the island today, just at the mouth of Shark Alley, and success we had…

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July 6, 2012

Daily trip 03 July 2012 | Shark Diving Gansbaai

The weather today was an added bonus to the phenomenal shark viewing! I am pretty sure that everyone left the boat with a tan today. We had some great sightings of other animals today, there was a hagfish at the back of the boat and it did venture into the cage at times! Giving some of our guests quite a fright :)! The highlight of today’s trip must have been “Kevin”, a small Cape Cormorant who thought he was a super hero! This bird had absolutely no fear of the massive 4.5 meter sharks that were around the cage today, he made a game of chasing the sharks around the boat! This bird also came into the cage on several occasions in order to see what our guests were doing, a truly fascinating individual. A White morph Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus) was spotted on the horizon and it was noted that the bird was injured. We promptly dispatched our sister company Dyer Island Cruises to the area and they were able to save the bird! We had two very large sharks today of which “Slash fin” was one of them; he however did not come close to the cage today but rather remained at a distance. A real entertaining day…

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May 22, 2012

Daily trip 21 May 2012 | Great White Shark Diving South Africa

We had some awesome sightings throughout the trip today although the initial start was a bit slow at first. The sharks were all in the range of between 3- and 3.8 meters, nothing massive but still bigger than me :)! We also had an abundance of Cape Cormorant activity on the water which delivered a phenomenal aerial display! Today was the first time we have taken to the seas since the weekend was rained out, but Marine Dynamics is gearing up for the next set of amazing weather days! Very enjoyable trip today…

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May 17, 2012

Daily trip 16 May 2012 | Shark Diving Gansbaai

What exceptionally brilliant weather we had at sea today, it is seldom that one has such calm waters. We had a very interesting range of clients on board the boat, about 90 % of them were from the United States of America and a good portion was from New York City. The fact that you are more likely to be bitten by a New Yorker on the streets of New York than to bitten by a great white shark did make the other non-American clients nervous :)! I can however say that everyone did survive the dive and left the boat with all their fingers and toes still attached! We had an abundance of shark activity and some great smiles from their pearly whites. Thanks guys…

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May 12, 2012

Daily trip 12 May 2012 | Great White Shark Diving South Africa

The subantarctic skuas got our clients filling up half their memory cards even before we saw any sharks. These birds are always awesome in the way that they fly so close to you, that you could almost touch them. Conditions at sea were very pleasant with relatively calm conditions. The sharks were slightly less calm in the manner they pursued the decoy today. Quite understandable because of the sheer number of sharks around the cage! Even though there were so many sharks, we were very surprised to see a young seal brave the waters in search of a play mate. He can consider himself very fortunate that the sharks preferred our seal decoy over the real thing :)! A Cape Gannet was also very lucky to have caught a massive fish in front of the boat, it was unlucky in the fact that it was too big to swallow :)! The day was truly blessed with an abundance of shark activity as well as a flurry of nature’s splendour! Keep it up…

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March 27, 2012

Daily trip 26 March 2012

We had a very early start in order to get enough action packed into our day! We completed two successful trips today with lots of happy clients! The visibility in the water remained very good throughout the day which made shark viewing even more amazing! We had 10 large sharks all above the 3.5 meter mark and only 1 small shark! We had a massive flock of Cape Cormorants all around the boat in very dramatic fashion as well as a few Gannets diving for fish! The sharks were giving us an amazing display with several sharks being in front of the cage at one time! A really fantastic day!

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March 13, 2012

Daily trip 13 March 2012

We had a couple of amazing sharks that were putting on a marvellous show! I was however very disappointed to see that our first shark of the day had two large hooks stuck in the corner of its mouth. I wish we could have helped that poor shark on the spot, however we would have done more harm than good. Our boat is not properly equipped for such things, unfortunately we could only inform our conservation agencies. This large 3.5 meter female remained with our boat for the entire duration of the trip and she was great to watch. She was definitely not camera shy :)! An old friend came to say hello; “Rosy” has been scarce for quite some time and she was lively as ever. We were also very fortunate to see a large flock of Cape Cormorants making their way towards Dyer Island, most likely to rest after a long day of fishing! It’s easy to understand why they are the most abundant sea bird species off our coast if you just view the photos! Great trip…