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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 14 October 2014 (Trip1+2)

Thursday, October 16, 2014 |  0 Comment Tags: Gansbaai, Great White Shark, Marine Dynamics, shark cage diving, south africa,

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 Guest comment: "Trip was great. Thank you all for being so helpful! keep on going the good work! Definetly coming back!" - Anna & Michael

"A really well run, efctive operation with helpful & friendly crew!" - Paul and Karin
"We had an amazing time. Volunteers and staff were excellent! We will always remember seeing the sharks so close to us in the cage. Thanks for making our honeymoon even more rememberable!" - Karen and Laura 
 
14/10/2014
 
Location: Joubertsdam
 
Water Temperature: 14.7oC
 
Depth: 10.8m
 
Visibility: 2.5m
 
Number of Sharks: 8 + 9
 
Conditions: Low swell and calm seas, but very windy conditions!
 
A slow start to the day in the Shallows, with no luck in attracting sharks. After about an hour and a half's wait we moved over to the Geldstein area just outside of shark alley, and were rewarded by some fantastic sharks making an appearence around our boat!  The case was the same for our second trip, many of the sharks hanging around the cage were the same from the first trip, and all of them were fantastic in their enthusiastic passes infront the cage and some fantastic breaching on the attempts on the bait as well! We had a third trip today, although it was an "ecotrip". More of a ride around the bay than a cage diving trip, but we did swing back to our dive site and chum to show our guests some sharks, having a couple from the previous trip make a re-appearence, still being fantastic in their displays of just what makes these sharks the GREAT white!
 
 
 
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