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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 17 October 2014 (Trip1+2)

Friday, October 17, 2014 |  0 Comment Tags: Gansbaai, Great White Shark, Marine Dynamics, shark cage diving, south africa,

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 Guest comments: "Brillient experience- Thank you! Really enjoyed it, Exciting!" - Elliott

 
"It was a perfect trip with a super staff and organisation! - Nadjo & jens Ammann
 
"Amazing trip, better than we could have ever hoped. Saw sharks and a whale. Excellent!" - Claire & Rob
 
17/10/2014
 
Location: Geldsteen
 
Water Temperature: 15.6oC
 
Depth: 12.5m
 
Visibility: 2.5m
 
Number of Sharks: 5 + 8
 
Conditions: Clear skies and low swells, but high winds throughout the day.
 
The first trip of the day saw our first shark quickly after anchoring down at our dive site, and even a whale happened past the dive boat around mid way through the trip! Very lucky! The shark activity on this trip wassn't as high as yesterday but our sharks still gave some fantastic passes at the cage and kept all our guests on Slashfin very happy! The seond trip was much the same, although had somewhat moreshark activity around mid way through the trip, with some fantastic breaches by some very stealthy sharks taking the bait line with ease! All round a pretty average day on Slashfin, that is, if you can call any day with our apex predators average! I definitly don't think you can!
 
 
 
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