The first item to tick off my list on my African trip got off to a rough start with the weather in Cape Town. The first attempt on Thursday was called off due to poor weather and high wind and the high wind continued until Saturday. However on the last day in Cape Town before heading off on my tour through Africa, the weather cleared up and i was able to do the cage dive.
So on my last day in Cape Town, Sunday, i received an amazingly early wake up call at 330 and left cold and tired for Ganbaai, 160kms east of Cape Town, and into the Kleinbaai harbour commonly called Shark Alley.
After the mandatory safety briefing we jumped on the boat and headed out into the still slightly choppy bay for our 30 min trip out to see the sharks. After coming to anchor and dropping the cage off the side we only had to wait 2 minutes before the first shark appear and began to circle our boat.
We were split into 3 groups and i was part of the first group, so we quickly put on our wet suits and got into the cage and surprisingly warm water. Within 30 seconds the first great white shark went for the bait and came right up to the cage, swerved at the last minute and hit the cage with its body and tail.
After the initial shark a further 7 different sharks proceeded to circle and breach next to the boat. We spent 20 minutes in the cage the first time, then i had a further turn of 10 minutes in the cage.
It was amazing to be so close to such amazing powerful and quick animals.
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