Sharkwatch SA Blog

Guest comment: “Awesome experience! And everyone on the staff is so nice!” – Keren

“Great experience! Thanks for the memories” – Craig

“Thanks for a great adventure!!” - Sarah

17/01/2014
Location: Joubertsdam
Water Temperature: 17.7'C
Depth: 7.5m
Visibility: 0.5m
Number of Sharks: 9
Conditions: Incredibly warm + lots of sun :)

We had a slow start to the trip today, prompting us to move dive sites about an hour and a half into the dive. We did have four different sharks pass by the boat at our first anchor spot, however after moving to the new anchor location we were happy to find five much more curious and active sharks! Although the visibility was limited today, the sharks were being friendly enough that the divers each got their up close encounter with a Great White. Even with half a meter visibility it's hard to miss a 4.3m male swimming right in front of your eyes! We had "Riley" one of our satellite tagged males, come round the boat today for the first time in a while; it's nice to see he hasn't changed still giving us the nice turns in front of the cage and occasionally leaping for the bait line. The emerald green waters may have helped the sharks with their surprise attacks today, but we sure can't wait for the algae bloom to disperse...
 

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