27/01/2016

Location: The Island
Water Temperature: 19.3’C
Depth: 12.5m
Visibility: 3.0m
Number of Sharks: 2
Conditions: Calm morning leading into a windy afternoon with chop and swell present.

This morning we launched with our International Marine Volunteers to see what we could find after three weeks with little to no shark sightings in the area. We headed to the back of Geyser Rock and patiently waited, one hour passed and another and then a familiar shape was seen cruising straight past us…a juvenile White Shark, unfortunately it was not too interested in what was going on around the boat and left us to scan the waters again. Close to fours hours into mission “find the White sharks”, we moved our anchor a little closer to the Islands and low and behold within 30 minutes of being on this new anchor a male White shark approximately 3.2m in length came gliding up from the depths. This shark was not one we could recognise on sight but had a dorsal fin with a few notches and bumps which will come in handy to identify if this individual is one that has visited us before or a new animal to the area and boat! The volunteers enjoyed some precious time in the water with this animal whilst the crew admired from above, as it took multiple turns and passes. Could the sharks be making a come back? We hope so…

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