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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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Daily Blog 13 February 2017 (Trip 1) | Great White Shark Cage Diving Gansbaai

Monday, February 13, 2017 | 0 Comments

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Today was Slashfin's first day back out on the water since Friday with no sharks sighted in the bay since Wednesday the 8th of February. The team and guests headed to the Islands to have a cruise through Shark Alley...

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Daily Blog 10 February 2017 (Trip 1) | White Shark Diving Gansbaai

Friday, February 10, 2017 | 0 Comments

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We headed out later this morning with our first and only group of the day in the hopes that today would be more successful than yesterday...

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Daily Blog 09 February 2017 (Trip 1 + 2) | Cage Diving South Africa

Friday, February 10, 2017 | 0 Comments

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The day's that we all dread came today, with the first day of no sightings for 2017! With yesterday's slow activity, in which we were lucky enough to be one of only a few that actually saw sharks...

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09 February 2017 | Deceased Great White Shark

Friday, February 10, 2017 | 0 Comments

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At 7 am this morning a deceased white shark Carcharodon carcharias was reported to the Dyer Island Conservation Trust by Anton Barnard in Pearly Beach...

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Daily Blog 08 February 2017 (Trip 1 + 2) | Shark Diving South Africa

Wednesday, February 08, 2017 | 0 Comments

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Gansbaai is world renowned for the large predatory fish that visits it's waters, the White shark, however there are other large predators that inhabit the seas off the South African coastline and one is the Orca. The first group that joined Marine Dynamics were lucky enough to start off their morning with glimpses of two male Orcas...

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Daily Blog 7 February 2017 | Great White Shark Cage Diving South Africa

Tuesday, February 07, 2017 | 0 Comments

Author: Marine Dynamics (Shark Cage Diving Company)

What a great day out at sea. On our first trip for the day we encountered eight different Great White sharks around our vessel Slashfin...

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