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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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Great White Shark Cage Diving Daily Trip 04 September 2014

Friday, September 05, 2014 |  0 Comment Tags: Gansbaai, Great White Shark, Kleinbaai, Marine Dynamics, shark cage diving, south africa,

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Guest comment: "'What a wonderful and exciting first time experience! Made my son's dream come true. keep it up guys!!!" - Matsela and Boipuso Bantsi

 
"Awesome experience and Wonderful day and just amazing to see the sharks!"- Amy White
 
"Great trip. Perfect and very professional organisation. Very good service! I fully enjoyed it!" - Gerhard Schikert
 
03/09/2014
 
Location: Joubertsdam
 
Water Temperature: 15.8oC
 
Depth: 10.5m
 
Visibility: 2.5m
 
Number of Sharks: 13
 
Conditions:  Choppy and windy, but got sunnier as the day progressed
 
Our trip today didn’t have the best conditions initially, with low visibility and some choppy waters, but the sharks more than made up for it, having 13 different sharks of varying sizes visit us throughout the trip! The largest shark was a big female who, while not being too active around the cage, made some fantastic passes around the boat and gave our guests some great views! The boat was also subjected to some less usual visitors today, a short tailed stingray made an appearance around our decoy during the trip, and a Giant Petrel was also around our boat, not something we see usually on our shark cage diving trips! All in all, an standard day for Slashfin, with sharks amazing us as always, and some abnormal visitors to the boat keeping things different as well! Just goes to show that there are always surprises when on the water with such amazing wildlife around…
 
 
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