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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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Celebrating the Southern Right Whale Season with Marine Dynamics.

Thursday, July 07, 2022 | 0 Comments Category: General

Author: Marine Dynamics (Shark Cage Diving Company)

The Great White House was a festive hub on Tuesday, 5 July, for the first post-Covid Marine Evening. Tourism partners such as guest houses and hotels in the Gansbaai area were invited to join in this festive occasion to also remind them of the five-star service their clients will experience when joining the qualified marine biologists- and guides on the top-class Marine Dynamics and Dyer Island Cruises Whale Watching and Shark Cage Diving vessels.

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New findings add to an understanding of how Great Whites use their ‘flight’ instincts to avoid predators for the long-term and en mass

Friday, July 01, 2022 | 0 Comments Category: General

Author: Marine Dynamics (Shark Cage Diving Company)

A pair of Orca (Killer Whales) that have been terrorizing and killing Great White Sharks off the coast of South Africa since 2017 has managed to drive large numbers of the sharks from their natural aggregation site.
 

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Deceased white shark necropsy, June 2022

Friday, July 01, 2022 | 0 Comments Category: General

Author: Marine Dynamics (Shark Cage Diving Company)

Report by Alison Towner and Alina Pryazkhina.

At 4 pm on Monday 20th of June, a stranded white shark, Carcharodon carcharias was reported in from Die Dam area of the Overberg, GPS°34 46.101’ S, 19° 40.599’ E.

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Hermanus Marine Evening

Monday, May 16, 2022 | 0 Comments Category: General

Author: Marine Dynamics (Shark Cage Diving Company)

Tourism roleplayers, hotel- and guest house owners were invited to join Marine Dynamics Shark and Whale Tours for a Marine Evening on 12 May at the Hermanus Auditorium.

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SATSA Youth and Adventure Conference 2021

Wednesday, November 03, 2021 | 0 Comments Category: en

Author: Marine Dynamics (Shark Cage Diving Company)

Marine Dynamics was very excited to see so many tourism partners at the SATSA Green Shoots Youth and Adventure Conference held in Gansbaai, a first face to face conference in two years.

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Shark Week 2021 ft Dickie Chivell and Alison Towner

Sunday, July 11, 2021 | 0 Comments Category: General

Author: Marine Dynamics (Shark Cage Diving Company)

This Shark Week Season will feature a number of programs starring our team members, Ph.D. candidate Alison Towner and marine conservationist/adventurer/skipper Dickie Chivell.

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