Daily Blog: 17 April 2024 | Shark Cage Diving...
Our trips today were cold but the water visibility was very clear!!
25 November - Call Out
On Saturday the 25th of November a deceased white shark was reported to the South African Shark Conservancy by Ichthyologist, Sarah Halse, from the Breede area. On Sunday the 26th, Dyer Island Conservation Trust’s white shark biologist, Alison Towner, retrieved the shark and brought it back to DICT’s Kleinbaai facility.
The white shark is a juvenile 2.8 m female. Her head was removed on the Sunday morning post mortem but luckily the team at Infanta were able to retrieve it. The shark had no tag but she may be recognised by researchers using photographs of her dorsal fin and tail patterns.
"There are no obvious sign of Orca bites and she has her liver intact" said Towner. “The shark does have a fresh hook with steel trace lodged in her jaw and a gaff mark on the upper caudal lobe. We suspect, similar to the last Mossel Bay white shark mortality she likely fought with an angler resulting in her death."
Marine Dynamics is an award-winning ecotourism company based in Kleinbaai, just outside Gansbaai, South Africa. The Marine Dynamics team invites you to an adrenaline-fuelled shark cage diving adventure, where you will meet some of the ocean's most loved inhabitants. Passengers can choose to dive wit...
View ProfileXplorio is your local connection allowing you to find anything and everything about a town.
Read MoreOur trips today were cold but the water visibility was very clear!!
Ready for an adrenaline-packed Thursday?
We were all excited to get out on the water after a few no sea days in our bay!
Ready for an adrenaline-packed Wednesday? Join us for an unforgettable shark tour on 10 April 2024 at 06:30 and 12:30.
Marine conservationist and acclaimed South African surfer, Natasha van Greunen, joins us for the April Marine Evening.
Ready for an adrenaline-packed Tuesday? Join us for an unforgettable shark tour on 9 April 2024 at 11:30.