Marine Dynamics Blog

The Winter season in the Greater Dyer Island area has come and gone for 2016 and with it some of our best known and studied White sharks...

Marine Dynamics Shark Tours and sister company Dyer Island Cruises are excited to have represented the Overberg region at the South African Blue Flag launch for the 2016/2017 season...

Monofilament fishing line is one of the most destructive. It is not biodegradable and is the cause of death for many seabirds and other marine animals. Marine pollution especially fishing line and plastics make their way into the sea and can entangle around the bodies or insides (if eaten) of animals, potentially leading to death...

Marine Dynamics Tours and Dyer Island Cruises have been Fair Trade Tourism certified since 2008 and have recently undergone the external auditing process for certification. The International Marine Volunteers Programme (IMV) has also received this important status. This certification lasts three years thus is valid till 2019...

Gansbaai remained in the spotlight at the WTM Africa 2016 when Marine Dynamics won the People’s Choice award in the Responsible Tourism Awards.

On January 1^st 2016, after an incredible December, white shark sightings began to slow down in Gansbaai. Cage diving operators are returning from sea reporting no sightings of white sharks despite extensive attempts to find them, for over a week. There are eight companies each trying different parts of the bay daily. Many speculative statements get thrown about whenever drops in the shark’s numbers occur. Therefore, we have attempted to address some real possibilities...