Well, not strictly speaking. There was a steal cage
in-between. Minor details…
Yes, we decided to go for the cage dive again (previously
done in Gansbaai in South Africa). Not a lot of places in the world where you
can see great whites and every opportunity should be used to maximum. So we got
on board the boat at 6:30 am and got ready for long drive to cage dive site
– that would mean taking anti sickness
pills. We did this before and we knew better. Most people were heroic thou and
said they were never sea-sick. That would be until the boat started it’s left
to right little dance on the water. Soon enough, most of the people were
hugging white plastic bags and retching their guts out. Above and under the
water. And we were so nice we did not
say we told you so…
We were there at 10 am and in the water by 11 am. Yes, we
were the first one to jump in, would you have really expected otherwise? But
only thing we saw was blue ocean and occasional trevally. What a
disappointment! And this would be in a freezing cold water. But then an hour or
so later we were in the water again (a lot of people decided not to try yet).
And then it came. Apex predator of the sea. We can verify it is as magnificent
as it looks. And what an experience to see it emerge from the blue to slowly
and menacingly circle the cage. No joking with this one, that is for sure. After
three passes it went back into big blue. Exhilarating! Groups went in and out
of the cage until everyone was able to say they saw the sharks. And then we got
another go. This time not one but two sharks appeared. Didn’t go close to
surface at all, just came from the deep circled the cage few times and went
back. Experience not to be missed.
Capitan then took us on a drive around the seal island (on
Dejan’s request actually). What a site! Seals lounging in the sun, swimming in
shallows, pups playing. Absolutely cute! Hard to remember they are favourite
food of the great whites. But that would be nature…
How do we compare this sightseeing to one in South Africa.
Different. Here we saw sharks really well under the water (visibility was more
than 20 m), but they did not breach out of the water at all. So, no teeth
counting. Both experiences are amazing and should be done. And possibly
repeated. You never know…
Some more pictures here.
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