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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 trip 26 March 2013 (Trip 1&2) | White Shark Diving Gansbaai

Wednesday, March 27, 2013 |  0 Comment

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Location: Joubertsdam
Conditions: Windy
Water temperature: 12.3°C
Visibility:4-5m (Trip1) <2 (Trip2)
No of sharks: Trip1: 7 Trip2: 7

Guest comments: Unforgettable, great day lovely crew, thank you!! Brett and Laura UK
Thank you for SUCH a perfect day, see you very soon! Steph and Natasha, Denmark

One of the most impressive things to see in life is a great white shark. However, to see a 5 meter long great white shark is an experience all on its own! At this size they retain a similar girth to that of a small bus (or so it looks like from standing above them!). On the first trip, we only had eight guests from the Semester at Sea cruise and our volunteers, it was as if we had an exclusive trip with our very own enormous shark to keep us entertained! We returned to the same location with a full boat of passengers in the afternoon. Unfortunately the visibility had dropped quite substantially and we struggled to get our divers to see the sharks. However we did manage in the end to get everybody a look at a shark from underwater (who wanted one!)  however clearer sightings were definitely from on board the boat itself. That is the changeable nature of the ocean we work in, especially between seasons in the Atlantic!














If you are looking to get up close and personal with the great white shark then White Shark 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.

 

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