Shark Cage Diving in Cape Town

Shark diving/viewing is an unique experience to Cape Town. And fortunately June and July are the best months of the year for shark diving/viewing around Cape Town coinciding with the World Cup dates. There are several companies that operate Shark diving tours from Cape Town and one of them is the White Shark Project.  White Shark Project is a research organisation founded in 1989 and dedicated to the conservation and preservation of great white sharks. They organize week long, multi-week and Full day Shark diving tours that will provides an unique diving opportunity to witness the awesome Great White Shark in their natural envirnoment.

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A typical full day tour itinerary:

A White Shark Project Representative will collect you from your Cape Town Hotel  and take you on a scenic drive to ‘White Shark Lodge’, to enjoy a delicious continental breakfast and discuss current sightings, indemnities, wet suits and equipment before heading off to board the custom built 36 ft, 4 tonne white shark dive catamaran – ‘Shark Team’. They limit the number of travelers to 30 to 20 plus crew to ensure your comfort and viewing pleasure .

You get to meet their intrepid skippers, a qualified paramedic, a Dive Master and their friendly crew and to enjoy a short talk on shark anatomy and behaviour. You get to know how the White Shark Project works with the sharks in the area and how you would spend the next 4 – 6 hours diving and viewing these wondrous predators in their natural habitat.

Full tour details at White Shark Projects & Multi-Week Volunteer trips

 

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