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  • Shark cage diving in Gansbaai, South Africa with Marine Dynamics. Experience the exceptional and come face to face with a great white shark! 

  • The exact world record white shark is a contested issue, but chances are it is between 6-7m. In Gansbaai, the largest white shark ever caught was at Danger Point and measured up to 5.9m.

  • If you see a white shark in the water don’t panic. Chances are high that the shark has already detected you and isn’t interested. White shark attacks are normally associated with poor visibility, so avoid murky conditions.

  • White sharks have a unique system called a “counter current heat exchange”, which keeps their body  tempreture +/- 7C above the surrounding water temperature. 

  • All sharks have an incredibly unique system on the tip of their nose called the “ampillae of Lorenzini”. These are small pores filled with a gel that transmits the electrical currents in the water to the shark’s brain so that it can assess its environment.

  • White sharks give birth to live young (not eggs), and they give birth to 6-8 pups at one time. Pups are usually between 1.0-1.5m in length and are born with teeth.

  • Body language has been a well documented form of shark communication and has identified body arching, jaw gaping, and other postures as specific social tactics.

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Great White Shark Cage Diving Daily Trip 16 October 2014 (Trip1+2)

Friday, October 17, 2014 |  0 Comment Tags: Gansbaai, Great White Shark, Marine Dynamics, shark cage diving, south africa,

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 Guest comments: "Great experience - fantastic crew and many thanks for all the help with sea-sicknessand wet suits! Loved the sharks!" - Claire and Rupert Thacker

"We had an amazing time! I have never been in waves that large - or been in a cage near sharks! First time for everything! - Kait and Dennis Furey
 
"A fantastic trip and crew. Amazing to see the sharks and get so close up. Thanks for looking after us so well!" - Gina and Rob
 
16/10/2014
 
Location: Geldsteen
 
Water Temperature: 15oC
 
Depth: 12.5m
 
Visibility: 3m
 
Number of Sharks: 5 + 7
 
Conditions: Windy and swelly made for rough seas, also overcast conditions for most of the day.
 
Rough weather met our visiters as they arrived at the Great White House this morning, but the rain parted just in time for us to launch and head to our dive site. Rough seas awaited us, but the sharks were anything but rough! Almost immediate attention from a number of sharks once we got to it at our dive site, with some really fantastic view from both on the boat and in the cage for our divers, meant we could head back to harbor early to get off the stormy seas! Of course our relief was only or our guests, as the crew of Slashfin turned around and headed right back out to the dive site to see some more sharks! A bit of a slower start for this trip, but once we had afew sharks the trip just kept getting better! Some really fin-tastic activity from our Great Whites today for what was two really awesome trips!
 
 
 
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