Marine Dynamics Blog

Day: August 29, 2012

We definitely had one of our winter days out at sea today, with the overcast and windy conditions making it quite chilly. Luckily the best thing after a nice shark dive is putting on some warm dry clothes! The sharks were nice and big, with the largest one being in the range of 4.5 meters. Always great to see such a big shark around the cage and even better to hear everyone’s reactions! AWESOME :)! Lovely bunch of people on board today, both young and not so young! Thanks for joining us…

What a day at sea! On our second trip we had some very impressive and Big sharks! Several were around the 4 meter margin; however it was one of the smaller sharks that just kept flying out of the water! Great pic moments! We did have a shark today that was baring a massive scar, my best guess would be that it was from a boat prop, cannot be sure though it made a quick pass! Hope to see this wound heal nicely in the future! The best way to end a shark trip is to spot some whales on the way and that’s exactly how we did it! Two Southern Right whales gave us a proper send off! Thanks guys…

How old white sharks can live is yet another easy looking question, but in actuality has a very difficult answer.  Estimates range from 30 – +100 years, so what is the truth behind this shark ‘fact’? 

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