Sharkwatch SA Blog

Guest comment: “Fantastic day out! Beautiful creatures, lovely and helpful staff and we were looked after really well before and after!” – Emma & Jimmy

“Great work team! Keep the sharks safe!” – Simon

“Very enjoyable and well managed. A very worthwhile visit. Thank you!” - Lesley

16/04/2014
Location: Joubertsdam
Water Temperature: 16.2'C
Depth: 8.0m
Visibility: 1.0m
Number of Sharks: 14+11
Conditions: Clear skies, small swell + strong winds

The big sharks were out to play today! We had an array of different individuals at the boat but a special mention must go to our two astonishingly large female visitors. Not too far into our first trip a dark shadow approached, slowly cruising in closer to the boat. We could tell quite quickly that this was one big shark. Once directly in view, we estimated her at approximately 4.7m. No more than an hour later another large shadow came cruising in, whilst we originally thought it was the return of our 4.7m, it was in fact a new shark measuring in at approximately 5m! While these two sharks may be similar in size, they both have distinguishing features we were able to use to tell them apart. Our 4.7m female had a small dark scar just in front of her dorsal fin whilst our 5m female had an interesting notch on her dorsal fin and extensive scratches on the right side of her head and pectoral fin. It was truly amazing to see these large creatures move so majestically through the water. I know I was in awe as were the divers onboard and of course in the cage! It is not every day that you get to see sharks of this size. We also had a quick but welcome visit from our most recently tagged shark “Rosi” and a Short-Tailed stingray continued to glide up to the surface and back down again throughout the trip. Many of our divers find the idea of shark cage diving exciting, daring and sometimes even a little bit scary (only in the beginning before they find out how great it is to see sharks beneath the water!) but there aren’t many who would consider it romantic. For this reason it was great to have not one, but two honeymooning couples on board with us today, so on behalf of Marine Dynamics, a big congratulations goes out to Emma & Jimmy (Ireland) and Kristen & Fred (USA)...

If you are looking to get up close and personal with the great white shark then Great White Shark Diving in South Africa, 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.