Marine Dynamics Blog
Tag: Marine Dynamics
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Good weather, a flat sea, great visibility and lots of sharks. What else could we have wished for?
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On our way to Joubertsdam we spotted a pod of Common dolphins so we moved a little bit closer. The dolphins swam up to the boat and seemed to enjoy the waves that it created.
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Well what can we say about today…there was excitement from beginning to end with some great activity and wild life out and around the bay…
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The fog has returned! This morning we were greeted by the great unknown as the bay was covered yet again in a thick blanket of white, setting the ominous scene for our first trips visitors…
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After Slashfin was taken out this morning for an Eco trip we started boarding for a shark cage diving trip and people started asking where our cage was. They were glad to hear that we didn’t forget it but that it was dropped at Joubertsdam after the Eco trip that morning…
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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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The tide was going out quickly this morning as we launched, the sky was overcast and threatening to rain yet the bay was flat and calm…
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A lovely start to the day with sharks seen from the boat within 15 minutes of anchoring, and this wasn’t just any shark but “Malcolm X” a fesity 4.0m or so female…
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As we got to Joubertsdam we found out that the visibility was incredible! Visibility was at least 4 meters. The sharks seemed to like it as they were around in abundant numbers and we didn’t have to wait at all for sharks to show up…
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