Guest comment: “ Excellent experience, very accomodation and helpful, informative and fun. Thanks heaps guys. Bloody awesome!” – Jenna + Krystle
“Such a surreal experience! I love the adrenline, conservation and education. Thank you!” – Kevin
“Awesome staff, really took care of us. Having a marine biologist to answer questions was super cool. Seeing the sharks from the boat is amazing!” – Craig
25/09/2016
Location: Joubertsdam
Water Temperature: 16.6’C + 16.7’C + 17.0’C
Depth: 10.0m + 10.0m + 10.0m
Visibility: 0.5m + 0.5m + 0.5m
Number of Sharks: 9 + 9 + 5
Conditions: Sunshine with little swell but stronger winds causing some chop.
Trip 1
This morning started off well with an early launch for our visitors but only a 30 minute wait for the first White shark to be sighted. The first to arrive was a very small juvenile, estimated at only 2.0m in length, this was just the start with more sharks arriving after this one, growing in size and also with increased activity. This trip saw four of our newly adopted, named and monitored sharks with “3Bird”, “Sarko”, “Roni” and “ASHNN”. The group was also lucky enough to see two of our recently tagged sharks and one of the sharks we tagged on the 1st of December last year, “Paisley”, a 3.5m female that has not been seen since the end of 2015.
Trip 2
The second trip of the day saw sharks around before our divers could get into their wetsuits! The first one, a very active juvenile that got everyone rushing for their cameras and to jump in the water. We were yet again joined by “3Bird” and “Paisley” as well as one of our newest tagged sharks. Some fantastic activity, with some sneaky attempts on the bait and decoy, especially by “3Bird” our feisty little ambush predator.
Trip 3
The third and final trip of the day made it’s way back into the Shallows to enjoy an afternoon of sun and sharks. Yet again we were lucky enough to enjoy a very short waiting period with only 10 minutes before a shadow was spotted gliding up from the depths. This was one of our tagged juveniles, a small female that spent the first half of the trip coming and going from our view. Soon after she was followed by a smaller shark, yet again one of our tagged animals. We are so lucky to be able to show our guests some of the research efforts that Marine Dynamics and Dyer Island Conservation Trust undertake. “3Bird” and “Paisley” yet again made an appearance, turning out to be some of the favourites for the afternoon and constants for the entire day. We also had one last shark to arrive at the boat as the trip was finishing up. This was yet again a juvenile shark, showcasing some spectacular activity, but what was interesting about this shark was the presence of the tether of a tag, it appears to not be one of our study animals but could possible be an animal tagged in False Bay or Mossel Bay, two other White shark aggregation sites on the South African coastline.
A fantastic day out in the bay with one of the areas most fascinating animals.
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