Shark Watching

Booking on a shark watching experience will be one of the most exciting and adventurous activities you will even do. 

 

One option is cage-diving, which we offer along Shark Alley: a channel between Dyer Island and Geyser Rock where countless great white sharks prey on Cape fur seals.  Only snorkelling equipment is required to descend in the galvanised steel-mesh capsule and watch the action close up.

 

In season (July-November), you’ll also see whales and dolphins here.

 

Alternatively, head out to False Bay, where great whites behave differently to anywhere else: they’re known here for attacks involving huge leaps (breaches) out of the sea.  Using a decoy seal, we will try and entice the sharks for your viewing pleasure.  Cage-diving is also possible here too if desired.

 

Few animals are as impressive as great whites, and few countries offer the chance to see them as close up as South Africa

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