Guest comment: “Fantastic time, Bronze whalers in close and bonus whales. Friendly and informative staff. Keep up good work and research!” – Leanne and Ron
“It was fabulous, the staff were amazing, kind and professional! I highly recommend you. Thank you for making such a memory!’ – Jackie + John
“Amazing to see the Bronze whalers, staff were very knowledgeable and fantastic, we really enjoyed the trip!’ – Carla
06/10/2017
Location: Joubertsdam
Water Temperature: 14.8°C + 15.1°C + 15.2°C
Depth: 10.1m + 8.6m + 10.9m
Visibility: 0 – 0.5m
Number of Sharks: 0 + 0 + 0
Conditions: Clear skies, a very light changing wind and decreasing swell.
This morning’s trip was the second of four, research based trip for the study group joining us from Italy under the guidance of Dr Primo Micarelli. Unfortunately, like yesterday morning, this trip also did not see any White sharks but had the Copper sharks present as has been so for the last few weeks.
The second trip of the day headed out and was met with a slight increase in the wind causing some choppier conditions than earlier, the Southern Right whales and African penguins in the bay appeared to enjoy said conditions and we had a nice view as we made our way back onto anchor. The Copper sharks arrived relatively quickly and the group was eager to get straight into the water with them. Whilst no White sharks showed up for this trip nearly all the guests on board did take a dip into the water with the Copper sharks.
Our third and final trip of the day launched and much like the previous two had the Copper sharks appear very quickly. Whilst not exactly the species that guests are looking for these sharks are beautiful creatures and have some very interesting behaviour, especially as they are usually in pairs or schools, something we do not see with our White sharks.
A big thank you to all our guests for joining us on board Slashfin today, you all showed great patience and understanding, something that we highly appreciate at such uncertain times as these. We simply cannot say when we will see White sharks again, it tomorrow it could be the next day, we’re all hoping it is very soon!
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