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19/04/2014
Location: Joubertsdam
Water Temperature: 15.6’C
Depth: 8.8m
Visibility: 1.0m
Number of Sharks: 6+7
Conditions: Small swells
Today was a day of enormous lengths! On both of our trips we did not see any sharks smaller than 3.5m. Our morning trip got off to a slow start with a wait of 50 minutes for a shark to arrive, although we need to remember that these are wild animals and do not keep time schedules! However, once our first shark of the day appeared, a 3.8m female, it only got better and better. We had both “Big Momma” our 5m female and also our 4.7m female around the boat. It appears these two are becoming more active and staying around the cage longer. We also had “Malcolm X” pay us a visit again with a new circular mark on her right side near the peduncle (where the trunk meets the caudal fin). On our way back into the harbour we encountered some Humpback dolphins, in particular a mother and calf that were happy to swim close to the boat. Our afternoon trip saw similar individuals visiting the boat with the addition of a large male and also a 4.6m satellite tagged female named “Kathryn”, who we haven’t seen since the end of March this year. It’s interesting to see the mix of sharks we have visiting the boat, perhaps today the smaller ones stayed away due to the high number of larger sharks in the area?! What a big day in the bay…
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