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08-07-2015
Location: Wilfred’s Klip + Geldsteen
Water Temperature: 14.4C + 14.6C +14.6C
Depth: 17.4m + 13.6m + 13.6m
Visibility: 7m + 3m + 4m
Number of Sharks: 3 + 5 + 3
Conditions: Clouded with slight drizzle throughout the day and north westerly winds
Waking up in the early mornings is something that quite few people tend to avoid. But when it comes down to shark cage diving most people are more than happy to get up before sunrise. Launching at 7.30am we were on the water just before sunrise, unfortunately it was a bit too cloudy for us to witness the full sunrise. As we were dealing with strong north-westerly winds we went to Wilfred’s Klip as this dive site is located on the eastern side of shark alley and thus sheltered from swell. It’s been a while since we anchored at Wilfred’s Klip so we were very curious to see what we could find there today. Fortunately we did not have to wait too long to find out as the first shark showed up while everyone was still changing into their wetsuits. It was a 3.8m Great White and our divers told us that the visibility was at least 6 or 7 meters. It was actually easier to see the sharks from inside the cage as there was quite a bit of glare. We ended up seeing three different sharks including a 3.5m female that was biopsied by Simone Rizzuto and Georgia French a few days ago. The most exciting part of the first trip was once again a seal getting chased around by a Great White! We witnessed the same thing yesterday a few meters away from our boat. For our second trip we headed towards the Geldsteen as the wind was dropping and the sharks did not stick around at the end of the first trip. The visibility was not as good but we managed to see 5 different sharks! The biggest shark was a 3.9m female. There were quite a few pelagic birds around the boat. We have been seeing quite a few Giant Petrels lately, every now and then the sharks want to investigate them but the Giant Petrels try to stay out of harm’s way by taking off and landing at another spot. The weather got better as we headed back to the harbor and the rain eventually stopped. We launched for a third trip and headed back to the Geldsteen where we saw 3 more sharks. While we were on anchor a Shy Albatross came to have a look at what was going on, it was just briefly but they are truly majestic birds!
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