Daily Blog 18 December 2017 | Cage Diving South Africa

Guest comment: “Thanks for a wonderful and exciting day! That was awesome!” – Lindsay

“Trip was awesome, staff are great!”– Courtney

“Thanks for a beautiful day! I’ll be back for the great whites!!” – Michael

18/12/2017 

Location: Joubertsdam
Water Temperature: 11.8°C + 12.0°C + 12.1°C
Depth: 9.7m + 11.8m + 10.0
Visibility: 1m + 1m + 1m
Number of Sharks: 0 + 0 + 0
Conditions: Cold water but warm and sunny conditions on board

We headed out into the morning sun this morning with sharks on the mind! After getting to the anchor site we dropped the cage and got our divers ready to get face to face with a shark! Yet as it goes with wildlife, sightings are unpredictable and activity at the start of this trip was fairly slow. As the trip progressed though we got some really good sightings of our copper sharks at both ends of the cage! With some nice sightings of some Cape Cormorants we were having a jolly old time on the water! With most of our guests getting some really cool shark action super close to the cage we were ready to pull anchor and head back to the harbour.

For our second trip we went straight back to the cage and within around 20 minutes we had copper sharks keen to check us out. We had a bit more consistent activity with this trip, seemingly the copper sharks were having a bit of a slow start to the morning. But as the sunshine roared on so did the hot action in the water!

On the third trip we were again joined by several different copper sharks, with some nice close encounters. In addition we also had a seal sighting in the shallows! So we double S dived on this trip with sharks and seals!

If you are looking to get up close and personal with the great white shark then Cage Diving in South Africa, and more specifically with Marine Dynamics, is a once-in-a-lifetime experience you won’t want to miss. Book and pay online with us and get a free video of your encounter with the world’s apex predator.

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