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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 15 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: "Loved it! Think this place is doing amazing things for conservation!"- Anna & Michael

"Baie dankie!!! Staff were awesome. Skipper was very informative, volunteers very kind and helpful. All excellent people. Pity Sharks were not biting" - Willem, Jayne and Zach du Plooij
"Great staff, great experience. Low visability under water, but got lucky with great shark experience!" - Shangril Shah & Payal Shah
 
15/10/2014
 
Location: Geldsteen
 
Water Temperature: 14.7oC
 
Depth: 10.8m
 
Visibility: 2.5m
 
Number of Sharks: 8 + 9
 
Conditions: Calm seas all day, wind increased in the afternoon but beatiful clear skies all day!
 
A slow start to the day on our first trip out to the Gelsteen, with not much shark activity for the majority of the first trip. Towards the end though, a couple more active sharks visited the boat, keeping us all entertained and in awe of these beautiful creatures, with some enthusiastic attempts on the bait and decoy lines, and some fantastic partial breaches. There was definitly a turning point later in the day, as on our second trip, we had some more shark activity and some fantastic passes for our clients in the cage and on the boat, the sharks once again showed us why we call them the GREAT whites!
 
 
 
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