Guest comment: “It was a magnificent experience and we really enjoyed it. Thank you very much for making it a fabulous experience!” – Belinda + Bert
“Great crew, we’re coming back tomorrow!” – Lisa, Maria, Ciara + Eadaoin
“Service was great. Team is very accommodating and attentive. We only wish we saw more sharks!” – Paloma + Kemar
09/03/2015
Location: Joubertsdam
Water Temperature: 12.6’C + 12.9’C + 13.3’C
Depth: 10.2m + 7.4m + 7.3m
Visibility: 0.5m + 0.5m + 0.5m
Number of Sharks: 0 + 3 + 3
Conditions: Clear Skies with a light wind and small choppy swell.
We headed out this morning hopeful after having a day off due to bad weather. We arrived at our dive site in the Shallows, divers wiggled into their wetsuits and we waited and waited. Excitement flared as a dorsal fin was sighted an hour after arriving however that was all that we saw of that shark, moments later a flick of a tail of a larger shark was seen at the back of the boat but alas again that was all we saw of that shark. We pulled anchor and moved to another area to see if we had any better luck but unfortunately, as it does happen with nature, we did not see any more of the creatures we had come out to view! With some apprehension, our second trip of the day launched, it however became clear quite quickly that the sharks had finally showed up with a juvenile Great White we are familiar with, turning up about 15 minutes after we arrived. This little female has a great presence to her and is usually one of those sharks that is happy to come close and have a glance at the divers and up at the boat! Two other juvenile sharks joined her to make this a successful trip! The third and final trip of the day experienced similar activity to the third with a shark arriving at the boat almost instantly after we arrived back at our dive sight. Two of these sharks had visited us during the second trip however we had a 3.0m female we have nicknamed “Little Rosie”, show up. This shark gained its name from the natural, white pigmentation, that we call “rosi” that can be found on a shark’s dorsal or caudal fin and of which she has present on both sides of her dorsal fin. Thank you to all those who joined us on board today, with a big thanks to all those on the first trip for their patience and also understanding that we are dealing with wild animals and never know how the trip may turn out. Fingers crossed for next time…
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