Marine Dynamics Blog

Day: May 23, 2012

Our trip had a bit of a late launch today due to the shifting of the tides, nonetheless we still made it out to our dive site! The wind was definitely prevalent on the water today, however we were very fortunate to have mild swell. A combination of strong winds and big swell would not have been pleasant for a first time sea farer, luckily the weather remained good for the shark sightings! We had loads of kelp gulls around the boat, skimming off some of our chum, they truly are like flies sometimes! The sharks were giving great passes but were reluctant to come up to the surface, making the taking of photos quite difficult. I still got my shots however…

What a spectacular trip we had on board “Slash Fin” today! We needed very little waiting time for the sharks to arrive and they remained constant throughout the trip. Once again we had sharks all below the 4 meter margin. These sharks did however make up for their lack of size by increasing their speed, wow! We had a sighting of an adorable family of African Penguins around Dyer Island, they truly melted everyone’s harts. The conditions on the water were only surpassed by the amazing guests on board, a truly wonderful bunch of people! Thanks everyone…

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