Guest Comments:
“Simply awesome and beautiful. Will be back soon..” – Anthony Louw
“Fantastic day and experience. Many Thanks.” – David
Date: 18-4-2015
Location: Joubertsdam
Water Temperature: 12.7C + 12.3C
Depth: 8.7m + 11.1m
Visibility: 1m + 1.5m
Number of Sharks: 10 + 18
Conditions: Strong easterly winds with lots of sunshine
Trip Comments:
An early morning launch from Gansbaai harbor today as the tide was too low for Slashfin to launch from Kleinbaai harbor. This provided us with the opportunity to have a closer look at danger point and at some bird species we spot frequently in this area. Flying along for a bit was a Cape Gannet, recognizable by its golden head and blue eyes, a beautiful bird. Once we got on anchor we did not have to wait long for the first shark to show up. The average size of the sharks we spotted was quite high and amongst them were Vanessa and Malcom X, two big females that have been in the area for some time now. Malcom X is known for having some parasite patches on her head. After comparing these patches with the patches we saw a few days ago we can conclude that they may change in shape and size quickly. On our second trip we hosted a group of Italian researchers from the Centro Studi Squali (Center for studies on sharks), they are trying to find out more about the behavior of the great white shark. The number of sharks we spotted on this trip was remarkable as we saw atleast 18 different sharks. As we were about to move back to the harbor a shark with a Satellite tag came up right in front of the cage. It didn’t take us long to identify this shark as the lower part of its caudal fin was cut off. We know this shark as Maureen. Maureen is about 4.5m in length and was tagged on the 22nd of May in 2012. The tag is not working any more so we have not been getting any information on her location but we now know that she is back in our bay!
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