Sharkwatch SA Blog

Guest Comments: “An absolutely wonderful experience, wonderful crew and fantastic sharks!" Karl & Ashled

"Thanks for a well organised and informative trip." Rie Maeda, from Tauranga, New Zealand

"Great experience!!" Ryan Reisinger & Carin Main, from Cape Town and Stellenbosch, RSA

06/04/13 Trip 2
Location: Dyer Island
Visibility: 5m
Water Temp: 14.5'C
Sharks Sighted: 5 + 1 predations
Conditions: Slight swell

My first trip of the year back at Dyer Island and I have definitely missed the winter sharks! We anchored East of Dyer Island in the Rocky Bay/Doldrums area and picked up our first few sharks in quick succession. The first had a damaged pectoral fin, perhaps caused by fishing gear, however was undeterred by this injury and was probably the quickest shark of the trip! We’ve seen sharks recover from much more serious injuries than this and even when entire fins are missing, so we hope this shark will be able to survive this disability. The other sharks sighted were fairly large; we had a 4.5m male with copepods around its face and another larger shark which kept its distance. Finally on our way to see the seals we saw a predation in Shark Alley; a seal had been swimming carelessly in the middle of the Alley and nature took its course. We could not make out any sign of the upper caudal so there’s a good chance this was one of our Dyer Island regulars, the legendary ‘Zane’. It was also a pleasure to have my good friend Ryan Reisinger and his girlfriend Carin aboard, Ryan has been collaborating with our research team on a publication and joined us to see the sharks himself this afternoon.

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