Sharkwatch SA Blog

Guest comments: “Awesome experience! It’s definitely a must-do!! Thank you very much for not feeding us to the sharks J “ – Meike + Barbara

“Great trip, great information, highly recommend!” – Marcella

“This was an amazing experience, very professional team, we learned a lot! Loved it!!!” – Melissa + Jeiger

17/06/2018

Location: Joubertsdam

Water Temperature: 15.0’C

Depth:  10 m

Visibility: 2 m

White Sharks Seen: 4

Conditions: A cloudy day with minimal swell.

1 shark, 2 sharks, 3 sharks, 4! Could we possibly ask for anything more? How about a stunning sunrise to begin the day! As Slashfin launched this morning, we were greeted by mother nature with a breath-taking sunrise that made the skies look like they were glowing with fire. Not only this, but we had our first visitor within 15 minutes of anchoring! It was a male white shark approximately 2.5 meters long that has been nicknamed “Clampo” due to that fact that his dorsal fin looks a lot like Clampy’s. It didn’t take long before we had another white shark, this time a female, a bit larger in size, with 3 scars along the right side of her body. She was soon followed by a 2.8 meter male white shark with a black scar/freckle on his right side just above his pectoral fin. We were so happy to have multiple sharks around, but the excitement rose even more so when the largest white shark appeared, at 3.7 meters long. If the sight alone of this beauty wasn’t thrilling enough, watching it sneak up from beneath the cage to try to get Sally the seal decoy was jaw dropping. We ended our trip with a visit to shark alley to see one of the white shark’s favourite prey, our colony of 60,000 cape fur seals. These marine mammals provide the sharks with a hearty meal, however it does take quite a few seals to make a large white shark full. During a previous dissection of a deceased white shark quite a few years back, we found 6 seals inside of the sharks belly! After some great sightings of sharks and seals, we headed back in to Kleinbaai harbour to warm up with some nice hot vegetable soup and homemade bread. What a fin-tastic way to start the day!!

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