Guest comment: “Incredible day! Loved every minute of it. Fascintating, thanks for all the great shark info!” – Ali + Connor

“Life changing moments! Unforgettable – thank you!” – Neha

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26/06/2016

Location: Geldsteen + Wilfred’s Rock

Water Temperature: 15.0’C + 15.2’C

Depth: 15.6m + 15.9m

Visibility: 6.0m + 5.0m

Number of Sharks: 11 + 3

Conditions: Increasing winds and swell, with overcast skies.

A lovely start to the morning with our first shark spotted almost instantly. This was a juvenile White shark that stuck around for most of the trip and was soon joined by more sharks. The second shark to show up was one that is of great interest to Marine Dynamics and Dyer Island Conservation Trust, it was “Fishing Line Shark” a smaller female that was discovered with a very severe case of entanglement in 2013. This line was wrapped around her entire trunk through the 5^th gill slit and thanks to the great work of the Marine Dynamics team she was freed and has been sighted a couple of times a year since with a light scar that serves as a great reminder to us all of the dangers of discarded fishing gear! We were also lucky enough to see of the two satellite tagged sharks currently in the bay, “Sellendilloh” and “Poseidon”, both males and both of which you can find more information and their movements along the South African coastline on the Ocearch website here.

The second trip of the day launched and due to some increasing weather conditions we headed to the back of Geyser Rock in the hope that the Islands would provide a barrier to protect us from the winds. We had close to 15 minutes to get our divers ready for the icy plunge before the cry of shark was heard. This trip was dominated by the smaller sharks and by the females. We had three females all very similar in size. The first was a little shy and moved away after about an hour when the other two arrived and displayed some very nice activity!