Sharkwatch SA Blog

Guest comment: “Amazing, beautiful creatures! Just breathtaking – thank you so much – fantastic + informative crew!” – Shawn + Kristin

“Awesome! And very fascinating! Nice crew!” – Catina

“Had a great day with a helpful + happy crew!” - Sarah

20/01/2014
Location: Joubertsdam
Water Temperature: 16.3'C
Depth: 6.8m
Visibility: 2.0m
Number of Sharks: 12+11
Conditions: Calm with no wind

After dropping our cage at the dive site this morning we decided to start the day off at the lower end of the food chain with a visit to Shark Alley. We were fortunate enough to see not only the Great White’s favourite prey item, the Cape Fur seals, but also a little African penguin standing in the middle of Geyser Rock! The day only got better from there, ending up with 12 sharks in total including two rather large males, of approximately 4m, giving lots of passes. The second trip today was exclusively for our volunteers, as a way to thank them for all their hard work and efforts they put in every day! Seemed like the sharks wanted to thank them as well, as we had lots of juvenile sharks giving up close passes, including “Mini Nemo” who’s missing a good portion of his right pectoral fin from what appears to be a bite. The sharks were working so well with us it wasn’t uncommon to be spotting 2 or 3 Great Whites around the boat all at once! A big thanks goes out to all our fantastic volunteers, who help make each day that much better…
 

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