I wake up early today, to catch the speed boat, leaving every day for Shark Alley. The boat itself was really impressive for me. It has a catamaran body, a stainless steel diving cage for people and 4X500HP Volvo penta. On calm waters it can do 70-80 kmh easily. On windy days like the one it was today they drive only 50kmh, jumping over or in the 1.5m waves.
Shark Alley is out on the sea 10-15km from the harbour. It is the passage, where sharks enter the bay hunting for seals. Cage diving with the Great White Sharks became very popular here since the mid 90s. The number of companies operating here, has been limited recently to protect somehow the sharks. They say, they do not feed the sharks in order to attract them to the boat.
Still I think the big tuna on the pic below is some kind of food, even for a shark....
Anyway after 30 mins the first sharks arrived.....
According to wiki:
The great white shark is mainly known for its size, with the largest individuals known to have approached or exceeded 6 m (20 ft) in length,[3] and 2,268 kg (5,000 lb) in weight. This shark reaches its maturity around 15 years of age and can have a life span of over 30 years.
The great white shark is arguably the world's largest known extant macropredatory fish, and is one of the primary predators ofmarine mammals. It is also known to prey upon a variety of other marine animals, including fish and seabirds. It is the only known surviving species of its genus Carcharodon, and is ranked first in having the most attacks on humans.
That was the time, when the first 6 of us could get into the cage. By the time more and more sharks came...
After 4 hours the wind grew stronger and some of the people including me got slightly sea sick, so we went back to harbour.
Of course, the village also has a cape, which also has a light tower: "Danger Point", which I visited after arriving back from the shark encounter.
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