Whilst I am writing this, well over a week has passed since my arrival in Kleinbaai. Although the weather has not been really consistent, we have had some good trips and stunning shark action near the boat.

My second stay up to date in this wonderful seaside village started off with a real blast. Only about 25 minutes after my arrival, I was lucky enough to go out to sea straight away. Since the trip was a volunteer exclusive, I made full use of the opportunity to get in the cage. Despite the chilly water, I happily stayed in the cage for about ninety minutes. Needless to say, it was fantastic to see the truly magnificent sharks again, often only a couple of centimetres away.

When we got out and started preparing to head back to Kleinbaai harbor, we had the privilege to see something very special. First of all, a whale passed, only 6-8 meters from the boat. But a couple of minutes later suddenly an approximately 2.5 meter long, grey and white shape broke the surface with a very impressive display of sheer power and launched itself five feet out of the water.

It all happened within the space of less than two seconds, but soon all of us realized that we just witnessed a full breach only a couple of centimeters from the boat. An awesome experience!

Throughout the rest of the first half of October the shark action has been pretty good, with an average of about five to eleven sharks per trip visiting the boat. Especially in the shallow waters of Joubert’s Dam the average size of the sighted sharks has been quite well, the biggest being a very impressive and inquisitive, but still somewhat calm four meter plus female. There are a lot of whales in the area too at the moment, while the seals on and around Geyser Rock are always pleasures to observe. So hopefully the sharks will keep on putting up some good shows for the clients, volunteers and crew members