Sharkwatch SA Blog

Guest comment: “A truly amazing experience, thank you for letting us appreciate such wonderful creatures, truly grateful! Incredible, friendly, funny + informative, excellent!" - Short Family

"Enjoyed the trip with Marine Dynamics very much. The sharks were peaceful and the staff very knowledgeable. Particularly enjoyed added surprise of going to see the seals + penguins!" - Rose + Mike

"Amazing day! Great staff and wonderful experience. Fantastic day, I would recommend this everyone + anyone!" - Thomas + Bianca

01/05/2014
Location: Joubertsdam
Water Temperature: 13.5'C
Depth: 9.3m
Visibility: 1.0m
Number of Sharks: 7+5
Conditions: Calm + Sunny

The sharks must have been just as eager to see me as I was to see them after 3 weeks vacation, as we had them instantly around the boat today before the cage was even set up! It was a 3.5m male who showed up first and provided some very graceful passes throughout the entire first trip and an impressive jump on the bait line. Our largest shark of the day was an eye-popping 4.7m female who only gave us one pass but made it memorable, almost using the cage for a belly rub! But it was our second largest shark who really made an impact today, a female around 4.5m who was giving most of the close passes throughout the second trip. She is easily identifiable as she has an old wound on her dorsal fin, which is entirely healed, but has led to the majority of her the dorsal fin being completely flopped over.  The fact that this shark has managed to keep swimming with good speed and clearly been a successful hunter based on both her size and survival is just another reminder of how incredible and adaptable these majestic creatures really are...   

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