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Where can I Cage Dive with Sharks?:

Cape Town, August, 6 2020: South Africa is a great location for shark cage diving. A total of 14 operators run out of three bays around the country: Mossel Bay, Gansbaai, and of course False Bay. All three locations offer surface cage diving with sharks with no prior experience necessary, although underwater visibility varies greatly depending on the bay and the season. False Bay and Gansbaai can get up to 10meter visibility, while Mossel Bay is typically in the 5-10m range.

The smallest of the three locations, Mossel Bay boasts the shortest commute of about 10 minutes to the Island, depending on the season. Cage diving with sharks trips run all year round and great white sharks ranging from 2-5.metre can be spotted. Predation and breaching activity is possible, but most guests will experience surface activity and excellent shark cage diving.

Gansbaai is the Great white shark capital of the world with 9 operators taking visitors to cage dive each day. Permits issued in this area allow Gansbaai shark cage diving expeditions to run year round. The success rate is excellent at 95% . The only downside perhaps is the experience is commercial with large groups of visitors being catered for.

Many tourists come for a shark cage diving experience in Simon’s Town & Hermanus

Last but certainly not least is Seal Island in False Bay. Although any interaction with a great white shark is special, regardless of the time or place, False Bay has a unique combination of factors that make it unlike any other location in the world. To start, Seal Island is home to one of the largest colony of Cape Fur seals in the world at around 65,000 individuals, second only to the colony in Kleinzee, Namibia.

OPERATING OUT OF SIMON’S TOWN, THE ISLAND IS ONLY A 25 MINUTE RIDE AWAY WITH FREQUENT STOPS TO OBSERVE DOLPHINS, WHALES, OR OTHER MARINE LIFE ACTIVITY.

Shark cage diving Cape Town season operates all year round.

In the early 2000s, the Discovery Channel released Air Jaws, a documentary about the great white shark behaviour around Seal Island in South Africa. Led by world-renowned photographer and owner of Apex Shark Expeditions, Chris Fallows, the team documented and produced footage of great white sharks leaping out of the water in full-body breaches when hunting the seals. This behaviour has not be seen in False Bay for the last few years however one can now see this in Mossel Bay in the winter months .

False Bay, departing from Simon’s Town offers all year round shark cage diving with an array of shark species including the Sevengill, Bronze Whaler, Mako and Blue shark. Throw

in the dolphins, whales, and seabird populations of False Bay and you create a marine ecosystem with an incredible amount of activity unlike anywhere else in the world.

Great white shark cage diving is known as a bit of an adrenaline activity. Many tourists venture out with the expectation to see Jaws, a monster great white shark acting menacing and aggressive as soon as there is chum in the water. In reality, however, the experience could not be more different. While watching predations in action is thrilling, the cage diving experience shows tourists a whole new side to the great white shark. They see an animal that can be bold, curious, or even shy. Sharks then become relatable and understandable; observing their natural behaviours debunks the myths of sharks as mindless killing machines and turns visitors from passive ocean users into marine advocates and that, in its simplest form, is the universal goal of most shark cage diving operators: to share our love for sharks and help you fall in love with them too.

WHEREVER YOU DECIDE TO GO, THE MAJESTY OF SEEING A SHARK WILL NOT DISAPPOINT!

 

Great White Shark Cage Diving. Photographer: Chris Fallows | Apex Shark Expeditions

 

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