Sharkwatch SA Blog

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27/05/2014
Location: Geldsteen
Water Temperature: 16.3'C
Depth: 20m
Visibility: 5m
Number of Sharks: 5+8
Conditions: Slightly overcast

We had an all around fantastic day in Geldsteen! It didn't take long for our first shark to show up this morning, and the 3.5m female was being a fantastic host; she not only had clumps of parasites attached to her nose, top of the head and dorsal fin but she also had not one but two sucker fish clinging to her! Our second shark to arrive and the most active shark on our first trip was none other than "Malcolm X", one of our favourite feisty 3.8m females, who was sporting the remnants of an accelerometer tag deployed by a National Geographic team a couple weeks ago. The accelerometer had long since detached and only the clamp was left, which is designed to fall off on its own. Since the clamp is no longer of any use we decided to attempt to remove it and Pieter, one of our Skipper's and bait handlers, successfully managed to dislodge the clamp from Malcom X's dorsal fin! Our second trip was dominated by a 2.6m male who spent as much time in the air as he did in the water! With almost full breaches coming from this little guy everyone on board was in awe...   

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