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June 25, 2015

Massive female Great White Shark in Gansbaai waters – 12 May 2015

Our days out on the water are full of surprises but no one was expecting the MASSIVE surprise we got on the 12th of May. A female Great White, bigger than our cage in length and girth, got the whole boat excited…

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June 25, 2015

Deployment success!

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June 25, 2015

Daily Blog 23 June 2015 (Trip 1 + 2) | Cage Diving South Africa

The last day in a series with amazing weather conditions. From tomorrow we won’t be able to go out for alteast 2 days due to a cold front coming in. Weather conditions were good and even though the sharks have been a bit slow the last 2 days everyone saw the Great Whites from within the cage…