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06/06/2018

Location: Joubertsdam

Water Temperature: 14.9’C

Depth:  8.5 m

Visibility:  2 m

White Sharks Seen: 1

Conditions: Another stunning day with sunshine, almost no breeze, and minimal swell.

After two days with white sharks spotted in our bay, we had our fingers crossed that the third day would be the charm. While it took a bit of time and patience (and an anchor change) we did get to see one of our beautiful white sharks today. It was a young shark, approximately 2.5 meters long, with a white scar on the top of its head and some small scars along its left side. It was very quick, making numerous attempts at both the seal decoy and bait line. It seemed to favour Sally the seal decoy, as it would disappear then try to sneak up beneath her, occasionally lunging halfway out of the water with Sally flying off of the tip of its snout. All of our divers got to see this gorgeous, agile white shark while in the cage and on the boat, with some lucky divers getting an amazingly close pass as the shark actually inched closer to the cage so that it could rub its snout along it. It moved its head up and down and it was almost as if the shark had an itch that it was trying to scratch on the cage. There was also a humback dolphin spotted in the distance along the surfline, most likely hunting some fish, and a box jelly floated by the cage. After some great sightings, the shark activity grew quiet, so we handed out some hot chocolates and teas, packed up our things, and headed back to the harbour. With a new shark spotted each day this week, we’re excited to see who tomorrow brings!

















 

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