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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 27 April 2015 (Trip 1) | White Shark Diving Gansbaai

Monday, April 27, 2015 | 0 Comments

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Well what can we say about today...there was excitement from beginning to end with some great activity and wild life out and around the bay...

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On the Tracks of the Great White Shark (Episode 2)

Monday, April 27, 2015 | 0 Comments

Author: Marine Dynamics (Shark Cage Diving Company)

In 2014 we met Dr. Primo Micarelli and his group of scientists from the “Centro Studi Squali” (Study Centre of Sharks) situated in Massa Marittima, Tuscany, Italy. They once again joined the Marine Dynamics crew in Kleinbaai for a week long study expedition on Great White Sharks...

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Daily Blog 25 April 2015 (Trip 1 + 2) | Cage Diving South Africa

Sunday, April 26, 2015 | 0 Comments

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The fog has returned! This morning we were greeted by the great unknown as the bay was covered yet again in a thick blanket of white, setting the ominous scene for our first trips visitors...

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Daily Blog 24 April 2015 | Shark Diving South Africa

Saturday, April 25, 2015 | 0 Comments

Author: Marine Dynamics (Shark Cage Diving Company)

After Slashfin was taken out this morning for an Eco trip we started boarding for a shark cage diving trip and people started asking where our cage was. They were glad to hear that we didn’t forget it but that it was dropped at Joubertsdam after the Eco trip that morning...

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Daily Blog 23 April 2015 (Trip 1 + 2) | Great White Shark Cage Diving South Africa

Friday, April 24, 2015 | 0 Comments

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A lovely morning out on the water with sharks around the boat within ten minutes and what a start to the trip with the first four sharks being over 4.0m...

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Daily Blog 22 April 2015 (Trip 1 + 2) | Shark Diving Gansbaai

Thursday, April 23, 2015 | 0 Comments

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The tide was going out quickly this morning as we launched, the sky was overcast and threatening to rain yet the bay was flat and calm...

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