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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 06 October 2014 (Trip1+2)

Tuesday, October 07, 2014 |  0 Comment Tags: Gansbaai, Great White Shark, Marine Dynamics, shark cage diving, south africa,

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 Guest comment: "Fantastic experience! Wonderful to see sharks in their natural habitat and we were so happy with the crew! Hope to be back!" - Peter and Sofie Adams 

"Outstanding tour, thank you very much for this! Ver friendly crew!"- Tanja and Christian
"A wonderful way to see these graceful creatures! Thanks you!" - Alex and Emily
 
06/10/2014
 
Location: Joubertsdam
 
Water Temperature: 15.7oC
 
Depth: 7.8m
 
Visibility: 3m
 
Number of Sharks: 15 + 16
 
Conditions: Clear skies and calm seas with almost no wind, in the afternoon some clouds blew in and wind increased.
 
The first trip today launched slightly later than normal, heading out of Kleinbaai harbour at the planned 9:30am. After arriving at our dive site the trip was quickly under way with a very large female White Shark appearing infront of the cage, and proceeding to hang around for a large portion of the trip, makeing some amazing, slow passes infront the cage and even breaching on the decoy line a few times! Our second trip out was equally as lucky with a number of large individuals around the boat, and even a shark with a remora on her back appeared to show her friend off to our guests! All in all, another fantastic day at sea on out Shark Cage Diving boat Slashfin! What will our next trip will have in store for us? We simply can never know!
 
 
 
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