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21/04/2014
Location: Joubertsdam
Water Temperature: 12.1'C
Depth: 9.0m
Visibility: 1.0m + 0.5m
Number of Sharks: 9 + 5
Conditions: Overcast

We headed out of Kleinbaai Harbour this morning with grey clouds rolling in threatening to pour down on us, yet our group soldiered on, after all a bit of rain is not likely to disturb a creature that lives in the water! Whilst it did take a while to see our first shark of the day, they then hit with a vengeance! One of the crowd pleasers this morning was “Malcolm X” who had quite an attitude today. We were also graced with the presence of our 4.7m female that divers on the boat called “Groot Kanon”, which loosely translates from Afrikaans to English as, you guessed it...“Big Canon”. This is very suitable considering the enormous length, girth and shape of this shark! The afternoon trip saw conditions worsen yet the shark action continued. It was great to have some new additions around the boat having seen a 2.3m juvenile with a bite mark on its trunk above its right pectoral fin that I have previously not known to visit Slashfin. On our trip back into the harbour we came across a pod of Humpback Dolphins and an even larger pod of Bottlenose Dolphins, whilst the Humpbacks headed further East in the bay the Bottlenoses headed towards the harbour. Rain, hail or shine, it would have been hard to dampen this day...
 

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