WhiteSharks
Kleinbaai is the centre of the shark-cage diving activity in South Africa.
From Kleinbaai, a small natural harbour on Dangerpoint Peninsula, boats leave every morning to take travellers out to view the Great White Sharks. And if you dare get into the diving cage, you might have the chance to see them up very close indeed!
The specially designed shark diving cage is very secure, and floats with part of the cage out of the water. Divers are never more than one meter below the surface and air is supplied from a cylinder on the boat so no bulky scuba equipment is needed. All of the necessary diving equipment is supplied, and all shark diving operators have to comply with strict safety rules set out by the South African government.
The best time of year to view great white sharks is from June to September. During this time 4 or 5 sharks are usually encountered in a day, but as many as 18 have been seen. This high season corresponds with the South African winter, and winter storms can prevent boats from launching so schedule a few additional days into your itinerary.
Not only is Dyer Island View Seafront Accommodation located only a couple of hundred metres from the shark-diving organisations, but Hendrik and Annetjie are regularly visited by shark-enthusiasts such as Andre Hartman (www.andrehartman.com) , and we arrange bookings for shark cage diving and whale watching or all-inclusive expeditions.
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Interesting Facts Of The Greate White Shark
1. Scientific name-Carcharodon Carchrarias
2. Very little is known how this shark mates and give birth(they give live birth) but its believed that they give birth to 7 or 9 with a lenth of about 1,.2 meters.
3. The male has 2 claspers,paired copulatory organs used for internal fertilization.
4. The white shark must swim to breath.They open their mouths to allow oxygen-rich water to flow across the gills.Trough the gills the oxygen is pass to the bloodstream.
5. The teeth are also unique, triangular with serraded cutting edges.There are 5 rows of teeth.When a tooth breaks off a new one replace it from rows of teeth from the inner jaw.
6.The Great white can eat up to 10 tons of food a year but can stay without food for periods of several months.
7. The Great White can grow to a lenth of 7.1 meters and can weigh up to several tons.
8.The Greate White eats bony fish. seals,octopus,crabs,rays dolfhins and porpoises.(The human is not part of their diet)
9.Shark teeth are enbeded in their gums and not in the jaws they can also extend and retract their jaws.
10.Sharks differ from bony fish they have sharp toothlike scales called dermil denticlis enbedded in their rough skin.Also known as a placoid scale
Other sharks around Gansbaai
Bronz Whaler,Dusky Sharks,Leopard Catsharks,Pyjama Sharks,Spotted Sevengill Cowshark,Puffader Shyshark,Yellow Spotted Catsharks,Ragged Tooth Sharks,Shortfin Mako,Thresher Sharks and Gully Sharks