Daily Blog 06 March 2019 | White Shark Diving Gansbaai

Guest comment: 
“Awesome trip! Incredible service…. Great day!” ~ Madi & Patrick

“As a tour guide, I have to thank you: the services and assistance, both on land and on sea was excellent. Surely recommended to my guests.” ~ Giulia

“Unforgetable!! Super!! From Puerto Rico” ~ Jose & Grishelda

06/03/2019

Location: Joubertsdam 

Water Temperature: 17.3°C + 17.9°C

Depth: 9.5m + 10m

Visibility: 0.5m + 0.5m

Conditions: Cloudy in the morning, with the sun in the afternoon.

It was a cloudy morning when we headed out to sea. We arrived at our dive site and our divers quickly climbed into their wetsuits. We initially waited a while, and after not seeing anything for a while decided to relocate. The relocation turned out fantastic, as the moment we arrived our first Great white arrived – Mini-Nemo, which we saw the day before. She was quickly followed by not one, but two Short-tailed Stingrays. Our divers were amazed by the fantastic activity around the cage. Mini-Nemo was briefly joined by another Great White, slightly larger than her, but the other Great White quickly disappeared. We briefly saw a Copper shark as well, but with both the White sharks and the stingrays, it decided to quickly disappear into the deep. It was a fantastic trip out at sea, and after we headed back to shore, our guests finished of their trip with some delicious soup and bread. 

We headed straight back to our dive site for our second trip. It didn’t take long for the White sharks to arrive once more. Both Mini-Nemo and the other shark came back around and gave our guests an amazing show. A few Copper sharks arrived as well, but were quickly scared away by the bigger sharks. For a long while Mini-Nemo played peekaboo with the people in the cage, disappearing in the deep and suddenly arriving to a wave of cheers. Towards the second part of the trip, the Copper sharks came back. A very brave Cape fur seal briefly showed herself as well, but decided to quickly head down to safer waters. Once again we had an amazing trip out at sea.

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