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Date:  04-6-2015
Location:  Joubertsdam
Water Temperature: 15.3C
Depth: 10.2m
Visibility: 0.5m
Number of Sharks: 5
Conditions:  Big swell after a few stormy days and periods of sunshine.

After a few very stormy days with very few days out at sea we were given a gap to go out to sea this afternoon to watch the Great White sharks. We informed everyone about the conditions before they booked to make sure they were comfortable with it. It is actually not dangerous at all but just a bit less comfortable depending on what you’re looking for. Everyone actually enjoyed the ride which was an extra to the shark sightings we got today. After getting on anchor we had to wait a bit for the first shark to show up but that is not unusual. It gave us the opportunity to answer questions that some people on the boat had. The first to sharks to show up were two juveniles not bigger than 3m. One of them was a male which was fairly easy to tell as he was showing off his caudal fin above water as you can see in the pictures. A bit later we were visited by a large female that we refer to as white tip. Note that this is a white shark but she has a white spot on the tip of her dorsal fin. We know her quite well and she is close to maturing at a length of 4m. Other noteworthy sightings apart from white sharks were short tail stingrays, white chinned petrels and an adult shy albatross.

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