The Marine Dynamics/Dyer Island Conservation Trust (DICT) responded to a stranded Great White shark notification. The carcass was recovered and our team of marine biologists performed a necropsy the following morning.
Picture this…12 months ago we were all excited to be informed and witness ourselves that there were two Orca in the bay…
A timeline of deceased Great White Sharks found around the Gansbaai and Struisbaai area, due to Orca predations. Read the full blog for more information on the results of the necropsies by our marine biologists.
Gansbaai is world renowned for the large predatory fish that visits it's waters, the White shark, however there are other large predators that inhabit the seas off the South African coastline and one is the Orca. The first group that joined Marine Dynamics were lucky enough to start off their morning with glimpses of two male Orcas…

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