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12/05/2014
Location: Shark Alley
Water Temperature: 16.5’C
Depth: 9.8m
Visibility: 6.0m
Conditions: Small swell
Another early start this morning as we left out of Gansbaai Harbour at Dawn and headed towards the island for a day of shark diving! In our first trip we welcomed back Primo’s group of students and researchers for their second day onboard Slashfin. The great conditions today allowed the group’s videographer to use their drone. With a GoPro attached, they were able to gain aerial footage of the action below in the water and at the cage and boat. The visibility today was astonishing, with a trained eye it was possible to see the sea floor! Whilst the visibility was great the sharks were a little on the shy side this morning however we still had some great sightings, including the largest shark of the day, a 4.1m Male!
Our second trip of the day started off amazingly with one very active shark, however it slowed down after the first shark disappeared. It wasn’t long though before it started to liven up again with activity increasing greatly after the first cage. Those onboard we also treated to an interesting yet entertaining interaction between a curious Great White circling and nudging a very patient Giant-Winged Petrel resting on the water’s surface.
Our third trip of the day was a breaching trip organised for the Italian researchers. A breaching trip involves slowly towing a decoy behind the boat to imitate a swimming seal in the hope of catching a glimpse of a Great White predation. Unfortunately on this occasion one was not witnessed, however we did see a few sharks darting at the surface behind the decoy. All in all a truly spectacular day out on the water…
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