Extreme Adventure > Shark Diving South AfricaSouth Africa Shark Diving Do
you want to dive with shark, shark and more shark? AFRICA is the
place. There are more species of shark in the waters off Africa
than anywhere else in the world. Don't let this little slice of
information pie detract you from everything that Africa diving has
to offer. It's not just about the shark!
From the Sharm El Sheikh in Red Sea down to the tip of South Africa where the Atlantic and Indian oceans merge, there are great dive spots waiting for you to discover. Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Madagascar, Mozambique and South Africa all offer amazing and pristine diving. A customized tour can be put together to meet your every expectation. Combine your dive vacation with a fantastic land safari and you'll have yourself an adventure of a lifetime. South Africa is best known for big action, shark diving and it's the most popular place to encounter the enormous, elusive and intimidating Great White Shark. We recommend cage diving with this fellow, but they have been known to make an occasional presence here and there while free diving. Yikes! Best Time Weather The winters are normally wet and can be quite uncomfortable, while the summers are sunny, hot and known for the "Cape Doctor" or south-easter, which blows pretty much daily. The trips to get you to "Shark Alley", the narrow strip between Dyer Island and Geyser Rock, are weather permitting. The statistics for being able to get you out there are; 12 days out of every 30 in the winter months (April - October) and 20 days out of 30 during the summer months (November - March). So you can see that you are taking a bit of a chance, weather wise, if you choose to do only one day of Great White Cage Diving. This is the reason we recommend 3-4 days for this exciting activity. Seasons Second, November is when the Cape Fur Seals are having their pups. The Cape Fur Seals are the Great White's main source of food. The seals congregate in the thousands on Geyser Rock, where up to 60,000 can be found during the pupping and mating season (Nov/Dec). With this great abundance of food around, it is extremely difficult to attract the sharks to the boat. Even if they do, the sharks just aren't all that interested in the bait that's put out and often times don't hang around for very long, which hopefully is long enough to get divers into the cage and view them in their natural surroundings. So you see, one day of cage diving may not be enough for a good viewing opportunity. Dive Qualifications Whale Watching ONE DAY GREAT WHITE SHARK DIVE South Africa & Namibia Expedition, July 21 – Aug 5 2008 Trip Report |
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