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03/07/2018

Location: Joubertsdam

Water Temperature: 14.5’C

Depth: 9.6 m

Visibility: 0.5 m

White Sharks Seen: 2

Conditions: A choppy winter day.

With two days off of sea due to the weather, we were optimistic that the sharks are still in the bay. We launched a bit later today due to winds in the morning, and we hoped that it wouldn’t be long before we had a shark around. We were in luck! Within 5 minutes of anchoring, we had our first white shark. It was 2.8 meters with a rosie (a white birthmark) on its dorsal fin. It would surface, then disappear, then surface again, then disappear again, then surface, then eventually disappeared altogether. A little while later, a Southern right whale was spotted 100 meters off of the bow, heading toward Danger Point. We had another white shark visitor, a 3.0 meter shark with scars on its body. This shark behaved the same as the first, and after a few sightings, the sharks had taken off. We waited a bit longer, hoping they would come back or that another shark would show, but the only sighting was of another Southern right whale, also heading towards Danger Point. This was a very special treat as we don’t often see whales, and to see 2, both within 100 meters of the boat was extraordinary! To end the trip, 4 skuas were spotted, with 3 of them settling on the water 15 meters from the cage. The migratory birds are only seen here during our winter season and we will often see 1 or 2 on our way out to our dive site, however to see 4 at one time is not an everyday thing!










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