Daily Blog 29 March 2019 | White Shark Diving Gansbaai

Guest comment: “Incredible experience! Definitely a highlight of our South Africa Trip. The crew was fantastic and so knowledgeable about the sharks! We felt very safe!”– Chris

“Amazing experience! We loved being able to be so close to the sharks, with awesome commentary from the knowledgeable and passionate crew!” – Crystal

“Amazing experience we are so happy and lucky!!” – Jessica

29/03/2019

Location: Joubertsdam

Water Temperature: 13.6°C + 13.9°C

Depth: 9.5m + 7.5m

Visibility: 1m + 1m

Conditions: Changing winds with some gentle swell but sunshine

Our first trip ventured to the shallows early for some sharks! We arrived at our dive site today and just as we had our guests in their suits, we got our first shark. Having not seen this small female in a few days it was nice to see this inquisitive 2.5m female checking out the decoy line! Our next shark was the large 4.2m female with the dark scar towards the caudal, she came and went during this trip on several occasions, often rather sneakily! We has a couple of copper sharks, and then our third shark was the female with the pigmentation marks on the left side of her gills, she gave us some excellent passes, as she checked out our divers in the cage. Lastly we had the wonderful Clubtail, with some stunning aerial activity from her that was our trip complete!

The weather was absolutely beautiful as we headed out for our second trip. We quickly arrived at our dive site, and our divers quickly climbed into their wetsuit. Not a moment later our first great white popped up. Our divers climbed into the cage and our sharks swam by for a few amazing passes. Soon afterwards a few Copper sharks visited our cage as well. Our first great white was later joined by Clubtail and another one. With the amazing weather, and the fantastic activity, it was a beautiful day out at sea. 

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