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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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Shark Diving South Africa | Daily trip 22 March 2014 (Trip1)

Saturday, March 22, 2014 |  0 Comment Tags: Great White Shark, Helen Pattullo, shark cage diving,

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22/03/2014
Location: Joubertsdam
Water Temperature: 16.4'C
Depth: 8.0m
Visibility: 0.5m
Number of Sharks: 9
Conditions: Choppy

Although the visibility in the bay was still on the limited side today, the divers’ patience allowed them the sightings they were looking for! We were fortunate to have our first shark arrive within minutes of anchoring, but had a short wait time before more came to follow. It was a nice size range of sharks visiting us today, varying between “Mini Nemo” at 2.4m and our largest shark of the day at roughly 4.0m. “Ninja” turned up for us as well, demonstrating her more docile side today with some nice passes for the divers in front of the cage. We also had a satellite tagged shark come by, measuring around 3.6m, her tag was very full of algae.  Hopefully it’s still working however, and will ping in for us, so we can get a better idea of who it may be. The trip finished up just in time this morning as we could begin to feel the strong west winds moving in that were predicted for the afternoon. Perhaps if we’re lucky they’ll blow away some of the dirty water for us...
 

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