Daily Trip 04 April 2012

Guest Comment: ‘Excellent job – great crew, great boat and great sharks!! Thank you!’ Sallt Fenner, from Australia

‘Awesome! Was so nervous before doing this but now cant wait to do it again!’ Patricia Foley, from Cork, Ireland

04/04/2012 Trip 1

Location: Joubertsdam
Water Temperature: 16.2 ‘C
Depth: 12m
Visibility: 1-2m
Number of Sharks: 10
Conditions: Calm and flat

Another excellent start to the trip courtesy of ‘Woundy’ I first saw this shark over 3 years ago with a large and freshly opened wound on her keel between the 2nd dorsal fin and tail in Mossel Bay, I joined Marine Dynamics later that year and low and behold here ‘Woundy’ was here in Gansbaai too. Three years on she is now massive, comfortably over 4 meters and still has her feisty temperament. After she left it was quite for a time before more and more sharks started to appear. One was very large – even bigger than ‘Woundy’ and ‘Bent Fin’ who’s around 4 meters. It’s such a privilege to work with these animals on a daily basis but it’s always special to see the big ones!

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