Daily Blog 24 July 2022 | Shark Cage Diving in South Africa

Guest Comments:

“What an amazing adventure! The staff were friendly, knowledgeable and so helpful. Bucket list” – The Rupe family

“Shark cage diving is officially ticked off our list. What an amazing experience and one we’ll never forget.” – Tim & Adrienne & Darragh & Keeley

24/07/2022

Location: Gansbaai, South Africa

Dive site: Joubertsdam

Water temperature: Moderate

Visibility: Moderate

Sightings: Bronze whaler sharks, Short tail stingray, Very brief sightings of great white shark.

Trip 1.


Sharks coming in nice and close

Bronze Whaler shark, South Africa
Bronze whaler sharks are definitely being the stars of the show today

Bronze Whaler shark, South Africa
A bit of a glare, but very nice visibility today for our divers


Keeley being incredibly brave!


And some nice action in front of the cage

Short tail stingray
Short tail stingray coming to check us out too


Lovely day with some stunning sharks!


Incredible shimmering colour on this one! And that’s a wrap for the first trip!

Trip 2.

We got so lucky to see a male Great white shark a few times!


This guy was very quick!


All the way from israel!  you guys joined us today!


Beautiful Bronze whaler shark


Happy diver!


Nice with some sun when the water is cold!


We had so nice visibility today! And Bronze whalers !


Little close-up of a Bronze whalers eye,  half covered by a Nictitating membrane to protect the eyes!


Look at the camera!

Almost !


Here you can see the beautiful coloration of Bronze whaler sharks!


We also had some seal cage diving !  Active cape fur seal around the cage


Our International Interns getting ready for the cage dive!


Hang in there! You guys did great!!


While waiting!


Ashley and Jesper waiting for the sharks!


And thats it for today! Thanks to all our guests for joining us!

 

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