GREAT WHITE SHARK DIVE
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Great White Shark Diving in South
Africa is a thrilling experience for anyone who wishes
to face up to their fears or is after the thrill and
adrenalin that this activity brings. Our conservation
minded great white shark diving takes place inside a
cage with mask and snorkel, in Cape Town South Africa.
Our shark diving takes place in shark alley Gansbaai,
where an abundance of great white sharks is prevalent,
due to the amount of their primary food source - seals.
Africa Diver offers great white shark cage dive tours - for one
day, or longer. Each person on the boat gets at least
one turn to get into a cage and face off against the
greatest predators on earth, the great white shark.
Great white sharks have been called the greatest killing
machines in earth, and now is your turn to get close and
personal to one of these great creatures, on our shark
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Great white sharks have been called
the greatest killing machines in earth, and now is your turn to
get close and personal to one of these great creatures, on our
shark cage dive.
What happens on the
day of my great white shark dive?
On the day of your shark diving in Cape Town, we will whisk you
off to the South coast of South Africa at Gansbaai, Dyer Island
and Geyser Rock in Shark Alley for a white shark shark cage
diving experience like you have never had before. Shark diving
has become a very popular and desirable activity and we work
only with the top conservationists in the Cape Town shark cage
diving industry. We use the Gansbaai location as chances of
shark sightings are better than in False Bay.
Special Summer Price Including Transport,
Please contact us for more information
Do
I need a diving qualification? What if I have never dived
before?
You can do your Cape Town shark dive either with mask and
snorkel (as most people do) or with full scuba. The reason that
most people use just mask and snorkel is because firstly the
bubbles from the scuba scares away the sharks and secondly the
cage is suspended in the water with the top of the cage just out
of the water which allows you to pop your head up and breathe.
So anyone can dive with sharks in Cape Town - you do not need to
be a scuba diver or have any scuba qualification.
Below is a typical day spent cage diving:
06:00 am: Guests are collected in Cape Town and taken on a
2-hour drive over Sir Lowry's pass through Hermanus to Gansbaai.
08:00 am: On arrival enjoy you will enjoy a breakfast at a local
restaurant and attend a briefing of the day.
09:00 am: We launch the shark boat for a 20-minute boat ride out
to Dyer Island for 5 hours in the shark infested waters.
15:00 pm: Return to the harbour and we make our way back towards
Cape Town via Betty's Bay.
16:00 pm: Visit the African penguin colony at the Hendrik
Verwoerd reserve at Betty's Bay.
17:30 pm: Return to Cape Town
Notes
Dive information: It is an advantage to have a basic open water
one certificate to enter the cage. The cage accommodates two
divers. The dive time is 10 to 20 minutes with an optional
second dive. The dive party may range in size from a minimum of
1 to a maximum of 12 divers.
 What
types of sharks can be seen? Only Great White Sharks,
unsurprisingly other lesser sharks tend to keep a low profile in
their territories. What other marine life can I see? Southern
Right Whales (winter season), Cape Fur Seals, African Penguin
"Jackass Penguin", schools of bottlenose dolphins (summer
season) and abundant sea birds.
The shark viewing takes place at a distance of 11.5 km out to
sea from a 33 foot long boat.
Bring: Camera, sunblock, hat, jacket, towel and seasick tablets
if you are prone to motion sickness.
Please note: The great white shark is a wild animal in its own
environment and we cannot guarantee sightings of, or dives with
the sharks. The weather is also a factor and the trip can be
cancelled at very short notice if the tourist’s safety is in
question.
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