You guys. Mat and I just had the ultimate adventure here in
South Africa. We dove with the most feared creature in the ocean – the Great
White Shark.
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| {after the dive} |
I never thought I’d come face-to-face with a Great White Shark
in my entire life. Not to mention 8 of them. But, I did!
We drove 2 hours SE of Cape Town to Gansbaii, a sleepy marine town world-famous for its Great White Shark population.
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| {the TV where we watched our safety briefing} |
When diving this time of year, you don’t have to go too far
offshore to find the sharks. The boat ride was only about 20 minutes. The waves
were big due to bad weather and about half our boat was seasick. Yuck!
Thankfully, neither of us lost our cookies.
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| {boarding the boat. we are wearing orange coats because it was raining and freezing cold} |
The crew began chumming the water with fish blood as soon as
we anchored. Within 10 minutes, the first shark arrived and we suited up and
went in the cage. We think we saw about 8 different sharks during the three
hours we were offshore.
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| {our skipper & crew searching for "the whites"} |
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| {pre-dive} |
While in the cage, you’re running on pure adrenaline. Our cage was bumped many times by multiple sharks and we were never scared. I want to believe they were more curious than hungry, but who knows? I am sure we would have been tasty morsels if the cage weren’t there.
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| {the shark found the seal decoy} |
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| {now it is attacking the seal decoy} |
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| {it is still attacking the seal decoy} |
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| {ahhh…got it!!!!!!} |
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| {coming at the cage} |
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| {hitting the cage with its fin} |
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| {get it, sharky!} |
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| {coming at the cage again} |
It was an unforgettable experience and a MUST DO if you’re
in South Africa.
Love,
Jess & Mat
6 comments:
YIKES! I think if i was that close I would pee in my wersuit! Don't know that I want that much adreneline pumping at one time ... overload! Great shots and so glad your were able to cross it odd the Must Do list!
Glad you were able to experience this, how terrifyingly fun!!
Glad you were able to experience this, how terrifyingly fun!!
Great pictures,you both are in a class of people who can say they have been nose to nose with such a beast , you guys will never be short of amazing stories to tell at any party with anyone you guys are living life and loving it!!
THAT IS BADASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You guys are so cool! Mat looks hot in that wetsuit!
Incredibly jealous, what an awesome experience. Looks like Mat debunked the theory that black is slimming.
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