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Cage Diving with Great White Sharks at Cape Town, South Africa

When I arrived in Cape Town, one of the top experiences on my bucket list was cage diving with sharks. I had booked this adventure well in advance of my trip, eager to swim with great white sharks. On the day of the tour, I woke up early and waited for a van to pick me up from my hotel for the drive to Gansbaai. This charming fishing town is nearly two hours from Cape Town. Upon reaching Shark Alley, the crew began to prepare the bait, a concoction of anchovies, oily fish guts, and a mix of special oils designed to attract the sharks. As the crew worked, we put our wetsuits on, eager to get into the water. Smaller sharks appeared almost immediately, nibbling at the bait, while we anxiously awaited a glimpse of the larger great white sharks. During 2023 only two great whites were sighted in Gansbaai. Deep down I knew that the chances of seeing a great white were very low. Gansbaai's great white shark sightings, peaking at 65 in 2015, have plummeted to just two in 2023. This dramatic decline is attributed to two orcas, Port and Starboard, which have preyed on the sharks, surgically removing and consuming their livers – rich in the highly nutritious oil squalene. These orcas have reportedly killed over a dozen great whites in a single day, leaving scarred survivors. Consequently, the great whites have migrated 670 km from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean, finding refuge at Algoa Bay, now boasting South Africa's highest great white sighting numbers. This mass relocation exemplifies the dynamic nature of ecosystems and a predator's adaptation to survive. There are many other parts of the World where Great Whites are thriving, and visitors are experiencing the thrill. Timestamp 0:00-0:21 Intro 0:22-0:50 Drive to Gansbaai 0:51-1:32 Briefing and safety measures before getting in the boat 1:33-1:42 Shark Alley 1:43-2:36 Shark Bait and getting ready 2:37-2:33 Smaller sharks nibbling the bait 2:34-3:05 Disappointing outcome 3:06-3:38 Declining Great White Numbers at Gansbaai due to Orca predation 3:39-3:54 Great White Migration to Algoa Bay 3:54-4:11 Coclusion 4:10-4:30 End Screen Attributions I am sincerely thankful to Open Street Map for providing maps for this video. Self, CC BY-SA 2.5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Olga Ernst, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Self, CC BY-SA 2.5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Olga Ernst, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Bernard DUPONT, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons Pietervisser, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons The Nature Box, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons EstherJacobs1, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons EstherJacobs1, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons A09, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons