Marine Dynamics Blog
Tag: Ocearch
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- July 8, 2016
What an exciting morning on the water, we had some fantastic White sharks sightings…
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- June 25, 2016
A stunning Saturday out on the bay, perfect conditons for a bit of White shark cage diving! We were back in the Geldsteen again today…
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- April 24, 2015
A lovely morning out on the water with sharks around the boat within ten minutes and what a start to the trip with the first four sharks being over 4.0m…
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- April 21, 2015
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