Guest Comment: “Excellent morning out under the guidance of a great team!” – Chantel
“Amazing! An incredible experience! We wish we were still out there, thanks!” Bill + Rhianedd
“A great introduction to a whole new world!” – The Gee’s
02/11/2015Ӭ
Location: JoubertsdamӬ
Water Temperature:”¨ 14.5’C + 15.0’C + 16.4’C
Depth: Ӭ11.5m + 11.9m + 10.9m
Visibility: Ӭ0.5m-1.0m + 1.0m + 1.0m
Number of Sharks: 6 + 7 + 7 Ӭ
Conditions: A wet start with a slight sprinkle during the first trip. Clouds clearing and full sunshine by the last trip.
It was a damp start for our first trip this morning as a light sprinkle fell as we headed to our dive spot. This sprinkle didn’t last long, with the sun piercing through the clouds as our first shark appeared. It didn’t take long for us to have 6 different sharks in total. Of these 6, we could identify 2 as sharks we had seen previously this week. One was a 2.7 meter shark with light patches above its eyes and loads of small black dots that look like freckles along its sides. Another was a 2.2 meter female with a distinct dark mark on the tip of her dorsal fin and a large black scar on her left side. The second trip was just as magnificent as the first, with a 3.5 meter male that we call “Paisley” coming by to check out our divers. He’s a very curious shark who often does numerous passes between the bait line and decoy before he disappears into the depths, simply to surprise everyone on board, doing a full breach as he went for the bait line. In total there were 7 beautiful sharks around the boat. Our last trip was an exclusive trip in which a lovely family rented out the entire boat. It began with a quick stop by from a shark we’ve seen a lot lately and we’ve been calling “Ziggy” due to a zig zag shaped rosie on its dorsal fin. “Paisley” didn’t take long to return, putting on another show for these clients. A large 4.1 meter male that we call “Parry” due to the large amount of visible parasites on his body quickly followed him. Another large male that we haven’t seen around our boat before then joined “Parry”. His caudal fin was pinched in on each side at the top so one of our clients suggested that we call him “Clip.” We hope to see “Clip” around our boat again!
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