Guest comment: “Incredible experience! The whole trip from start to finish was well organised and enjoyable. Thanks!” – Brandon
“Thank you for taking such great care of us. A once in a lifetime experience!” – Inesha
“Phenomenal experience. Terrific service and we saw a whale!” – Kamaljit
07/06/2014
Location: Geldsteen
Water Temperature: 14.9’C
Depth: 8.9m
Visibility: 4.0m+8.0m
Number of Sharks: 7+7
Conditions: Sunny + small swell
It would be hard to imagine a better day than what we had today! Our morning trip was a group of travel agents out to gain the experience of shark cage diving. A stand out for the morning trip, and also very active throughout the afternoon trip, was a 3.7m female with parasitic copepods seen all over her, including on the gills, pectoral and dorsal fin and her head. It was at the end of this trip that a brave Cape Fur Seal turned up to have a peek around the boat and cage, whilst the Great Whites were still present! We headed back out this afternoon to even better conditions, as the swell had died down and the visibility had improved to the point we could see the bottom of the ocean floor. Our first shark to turn up was our 3.7m female covered in parasites, who was happy to keep the divers enthralled and stuck around the whole trip. Our largest shark of the day, a 4.2m male, surfaced half-way through this second trip. This big boy had a distinctive injury to its dorsal fin in which a split had caused the tip to flop over. Towards the end of our second trip a whale was spotted off the bow in the distance. Once anchor was pulled we headed in the general direction of where the whale was last spotted to see if we could have a closer look. Low and behold, a Southern Right Whale, a real treat as we are still very early in the season. A lone African Penguin was our last surprise of the day as we headed through Shark Alley on our way back to the harbour. A great day spent out with four of the marine big five…
If you are looking to get up close and personal with the great white shark then Great White Shark Cage Diving in Gansbaai, and more specifically with Marine Dynamics, is a once-in-a-lifetime experience you won’t want to miss. Book online with us and get a free video of your encounter with the world’s apex predator.
